Archive for the 'Scams' Category

Proliferation of work at home scams

In these times of financial turmoil, scams are sprouting up like mushrooms overnight on the Web. Tough economic conditions have also resulted in boom time for web development companies, web hosting companies, SEO companies, and freelancers, as increasing numbers of people and small businesses try to set up an online presence and market their products [...]

Phishing emails

Are you a target of phishing email on a daily basis? Of late, I noticed a rise in phishing emails to my mail inboxes, and I wonder how many people worldwide are affected on a daily basis. Previously far and few, nowadays, they are getting more frequent. Typically, phishers use cleverly planted subdomains to generate [...]

Buy your gift cards from official store websites

Have you ever seen really cheap gift cards that are practically given away? Usually seen on auction sites, crooks have found a way to exploit the loopholes in the gift card system. Although most stores have their own systems, all gift cards operate on a similar scheme. If you have never heard of a gift [...]