Image Copyright Infringement Scam When blogging or making a website we like to use images to give interest to our website or for illustration purposes. Frequently those images are found online. This is the[…]
Keeping “Open Tabs” in Google Chrome
Keeping “Open Tabs” in Google Chrome I do a lot of work using Google Chrome and there are things that I use over and over like my email, Facebook, my blog sites, my work[…]
The Say ‘Yes’ Scam
The Say ‘Yes’ Scam Recently I became aware of a phone scam that has been going on for a while. It is sometimes called the “Can you hear me now?” line from Verizon commercial[…]
Summons Delivery Scam
Summons Delivery Scam I got a weird call from a very official sounding man who told me that they had been trying to deliver a summons many time over the last couple of weeks.[…]
Reduce Your Credit Interest Rate Scam
Reduce Your Credit Interest Rate Scam Retiring has opened my eyes to just how many scams are floating out in the world. When I worked I was out of the house most of the[…]
Issues Fund Raising for Veterans
Issues Fund Raising for Veterans Fund raising is big business. There are numerous companies that do professional fundraising and while many are legit some are not. I recently received a phone call from a[…]
Bank Phone Phishing Scam
Bank Phone Phishing Scam This month I received a call that was supposedly from my bank. Correct bank, used my name and phone number was reasonable. The woman introduced herself as Tiffany from Compliance,[…]
Scam: “This is the Return Call You Requested…..”
Scam: “The Return Call You Requested…” Another day another scam, this one is interesting. The caller ID lists unknown and that immediately makes me suspicious. It is a robo (an automated call made by[…]
IRS Scam
IRS Scam This is not a scam by the IRS but one about the IRS. Paying taxes is stressful enough with more than enough complications and headaches than we need. Now, figure in a[…]
What Are Meta Tags?
What Are Meta Tags? Metadata is a word that has been floating around the news lately and it simply means data (information) about data. One type of metadata that you may use every day[…]