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Beware of Yahoo! Marketing Scam!

Rank Above Others — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:11:00 +0000

I just received TWO emails talking about my Yahoo Marketing Solutions account being expired and that I needed to log in to resolve it before it is terminated. People get these types of messages all the time, but if you look at it carefully, and simply place your mouse over the link it is providing, you’ll see that it’s a link that is leading to somewhere else. Don’t fall for these simple scams.

Here’s the email I go. The actual link has been removed.

Dear Client,

Your Yahoo Marketing Solutions account has expired. You must renew it immediately or your account will be closed. If you intend to use this service in the future, you must take action at once!

To continue click here, login to your Yahoo Marketing Solutions account and follow the steps.

Thank you for using Yahoo Marketing Solutions!
Yahoo Marketing Solutions Services DEP.
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a respons.

I love how it ended with “you will not receive a respons.” Such a simple spelling mistake. These e-gits!

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How To Spot A Scam Without Super Natural Powers

Rank Above Others — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:48:39 +0000

Alright, so I was going to Alexa just to check the “Movers and Shakers” chart. Well, mainly because I just realized that Google is now #1. I remembered Yahoo! being #1 on Alexa for the longest time. I wonder when it happened. Anyway, I looked to the right of the screen and there was an ad about someone making “$63/Hr Part-Time!” Yeah, I was curious to see what she was doing.

So here’s the ad that I saw:

Okay, yeah, I also looked because it’s my home town, Grand Prairie, Texas. I was wanting to see how folks in my neighborhood are making money and maybe we could meet up some time.

Anyway, this is the page I came to (daily-job-news.com):

Noticed that I underlined my city, Grand Prairie. I thought to myself, “I bet you this isn’t even real”. I decided to view-source and see the page properties.

Here is what I found:

The web page is claiming that “Mary Steadman” is from Grand Prairie and is making so and so much money. However, how can it be true, when the city name is simply a javascript that displays the city name based on your IP address? So Mary Steadman could be from Chicago, Denver, Sacramento, New York, Okinawa and anywhere else in the world. Either way, that alone tells me that it’s a straight up scam.

It’s not strategy, it’s lying. Stay far, far away from this one folks. You don’t have to take my word for it, just do a search online.

So the next time you see a program/site that claims someone is from a particular city or whatever and is making a lot of money, this is a DEAD give away whether it’s legitimate or a scam. Good luck!

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PayPal FRAUD Alert!

Kevin Lam — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 10:06:00 +0000

The subject line was: Unlock your account

Body:
Your account will be suspended !

We are contacting you to remind you that on 14 September 2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason:

We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported as
lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems with your card.

To securely confirm your PayPal information please go to your PayPal’s Update Profile or click on the link bellow:

Click here to activate your account (REMEMBER NOT TO LOGIN!!!)

I’ve already reported them to PayPal.com.
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Aside from that alert, I have panda eyes now.

@_@

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