There really isn’t any excuse for being fooled by this stuff when hovering over the hyperlink makes it so obvious that something is not quite right…
You don’t want to open that attachment – honest.
“Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted as final settlements with two operations it charged with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of thousands of consumers by allowing peer-to-peer file-sharing software to be installed on their corporate computer systems. Settlements with Utah-based debt collector EPN, Inc., and Georgia auto dealer Franklin […]
My first MVP award (for supporting users of Internet Explorer and the now long defunct Outlook Express) was back in 1999… Then I was moved to Internet Explorer only…. Then Consumer Security: Training… On 1 October I was awarded MVP status for the 14th year in a row
I don’t remember seeing one of these before… fake, of course.
I receive LinkedIn emails regularly – this (fake) one looks like realistic, until you hover over the hyperlink…
Details here: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/10/pecon.shtm Parties: Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Pecon Software Ltd., also doing business as Pecon Services LLC, Pecon Services, Inc.; Pecon Infotech Ltd.; Pecon Software UK Ltd.; Mahesh Kumar Shah, also known as MK Shah; Prateek Shah; Sujoy Roy; Zulfiquar Ali; and Vikas Kumar Gupta, Defendants (United States District Court for the […]
Good news. Remember Innovative Marketing? They were involved in “scareware” years ago, and the scareware and the lawsuit have been featured many times on this blog (scareware names such as WinFixer, WinAntiVirus, WinAntiVvirusPro, WinAntiSpyware, Popupguard, WinFirewall, InternetAntispy, WinPopupguard, ComputerShield, WinAntispy, PCsupercharger, ErrorSafe, SysProtect, DriveCleaner, SystemDoctor and ErrorProtector have all been associated with Innovative Marketing). Much […]
Here’s a new twist on an old story… as always, if you hover over a hyperlink you can see that the emails are not legitimate.
Got this today (phone spam, not email). It’s actually a good example of what to watch out for… “You have been chosen to receive a free gift. Go to http:// www .sony.com.au.ircontest.info and enter code **** to claim it and tell us where to ship it”. Notes: Hyperlink broken for safety. The hyperlink is designed […]