In newspaper circles, when a correction to a story has to be written, a rule of thumb used by many organizations is to omit the original mistake from the correction. That’s not to eschew embarrassment, although it often works out that way, but to avoid printing the incorrect information twice. Bad information, you see, has [...]
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Office supply retailer Office Depot is the latest company to be brand-jacked by spammers. The company says they’ve received many reports of both customers and non-customers receiving fake order receipts for merchandise they never bought. The order total appears to always be the same amount, $151.06. While they won’t say exactly how many reports they’ve [...]
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Google and Verizon set off a blizzard of chatter on the Internet this week when they aired their “open Internet framework.” The framework bars a provider of broadband Internet access “from engaging in undue discrimination against any lawful Internet content, application, or service in a manner that causes meaningful harm to competition or to users.”
Under [...]
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Spammers have begun sending out fake LinkedIn notices that have spam attached to them. At first glance they look like the notices you get when someone wants to add you to their network but they have a linked image attached which is usually an ad for Viagra Cialis and other related types of drugs. The [...]
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This educational short video shows you how to use the Free Mass Mail software to send out bulk emails. Do not use it to spam! This is part of the Free Work from Home Solution Marketing System. You can get a free copy of this software at www.lazyrecruiterpros.com
Federal authorities say two men accused of running a spam campaign in Columbia Missouri that targeted college students reaped in the profits to the tune of over $4 million. Investigators say Amir Shah, Osmaan Shah, and Paul Zucker began their spamming activities in 2004. They created programs designed to harvest the email addresses of students [...]
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A new spam statistics report is out that names the top 10 most spammed states. Let’s take a look:
North Carolina-91.3
New Hampshire-91.3%
Washington-91.3%
Utah- 91.5%
Illinois-91.8%
Tennessee-92.1%
Indiana-92.7%
South Carolina-93.6%
Alabama- 94.4%
Idaho- 95.2%
North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Washington were all tied for the 10th spot while Idaho came in first for the second year in a row. All 10 states had spam [...]
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A new spam campaign has a disturbing twist. The messages aren’t selling anything or attempting to lure the recipients to a malicious site. Instead, they tell them they have only days to live.
With subject lines like “Somebody you call friend wants you dead!” they can’t help but get the recipient’s attention. The message is even [...]
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Six people, five men and one woman, have been arrested for their parts in a huge phishing ring. UK authorities say that the group has so far stolen over $550,000 and compromised over 20,000 credit card and bank accounts but say the tab could potentially reach over $6 million once they are able to establish [...]
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