September 13, 2020

Dangerous Apple ID Phishing Scams

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I’m back with some more phishing email scams. Recently, I talked about some of the latest PayPal Phishing email scams going around out there and gave a couple of examples as well which you can read about here. I mentioned what to look for in those emails that give it away as being scams.

I’ve recently received more phishing email scams, but I haven’t received ones quite like these before and so I want to talk to you about a couple of dangerous Apple ID phishing scams that I received. These are a little difficult to determine if they are legitimate emails from Apple, but I will certainly go over what to look for and what will almost always give away an email being a phishing scam.

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September 12, 2020

The Latest Examples of Phishing Scams

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It has been awhile since I’ve talked about phishing scams, mainly the ones you receive in your email’s inbox. Believe it or not, I hadn’t received any for quite awhile. That all changed a few days ago when I was on a small vacation and happened to check my email and so I wanted to go over the latest examples of phishing scams.

I noticed that I had what appeared to be official emails from a certain company that deals with the exchange of money. My mental red flag alert though started engaging when I read the titles of those particular emails. I will go over those emails, what to look for, how to avoid them, and then how to report them.

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August 20, 2020

What Is SurveySheep About and Can It Make You Money?

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Survey Sheep
Name: SurveySheep

Website: https://www.surveysheep.com/

Price: Free
Owners: Unknown
Overall Rank: 20 out of 100

Survey Sheep Overview

Survey Sheep is a website a little different from other survey sites out there. Instead of giving you a list of surveys to try out for yourself and get paid at the site, they instead give you a large list of different survey companies that you can click on, sign up, and then get paid for doing and completing surveys at those sites.

This won’t be a big review like some of the other survey sites I’ve reviewed in the past. I’ll take a closer look at the sign up process as well as what’s available at the site and whether it really is worth your time. Can you get paid a lot from this site? Read on to find out.

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August 2, 2020

Tech Support Scams: A Downside to Free Software

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There’s lots of free software available online that can be beneficial to you and your computer. For Example, there are free anti-virus programs out there with some of them being pretty good and the nice thing about that is it can save you money so that you don’t have to buy any of the more well-known anti-virus programs that are out there.

Other free software can include alternatives to Microsoft Office and there are free video games you can play online too. While all this sounds good, because after all who doesn’t like free, there can be a downside to free software. Free programs that are available for download can be infected with malware or viruses which could cause harm to your computer.

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July 22, 2020

Fraud Against The Elderly: Why Are They So Vulnerable?

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There are many scams out there that try to part you with your money or even identity. I’ve talked about some specific types of scams known as phishing scams which are generally emails made to look like they are from legitimate companies such as Apple, Netflix, PayPal, and Amazon.

A lot of times I have shown examples of those types of fraudulent emails because I myself have received them especially ones that claim to be from PayPal, one of which you can read about here. Thankfully, I haven’t fallen victim to these type of phishing scams even though I’ve gotten close several times.

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