Morning Buzz for Friday 2/1/08 - Don’t fall for it!

There has been a lot of buzz lately about the economic stimulus package that could give many Americans several hundred dollars to help boost the economy. Even though, this hasn’t even been approved by congress yet, there are reports of some scammers trying to take advantage of what people may have heard about it. The Associated Press reports that identity thieves are using the promises of tax rebates to trick people into revealing financial and personal data. That includes one scheme where someone call you saying you can only get a rebate if you provide bank account information for a direct deposit. Don’t fall for it! The IRS says they don’t even collect info by phone!

It seems scammers are always coming up with new ways to try to trick us into giving up personal information. I can’t tell you how many emails I get everyday telling me to update my bank information for a bank that I do not have an account at. Or, someone tells me something about updating my Pay Pal account... which I don’t have. Some of the most bizarre are the ones that address me by saying “Hey Chuck,” and then proceed to ask me to help them transfer millions of dollars – and that I will certainly get a cut of the money for doing so. What about you? Have you been contacted by a scammer by phone or email?

Posted by on 02/01 at 03:49 AM

I dont get scamming emails..but I like to warn people just the same..so I send them this..

Subject: New Scam

This new scam is being pulled mainly on older men..What happens is that when you stop for a red light a young nude woman comes up and pretends to be washing your windshield..While she is doing this another person opens your back door and steals anything in the car..They are very good at this…

They got me 7 times Friday and 5 times Saturday… I wasn’t able to find them on Sunday…

wink

Posted by  on  02/01  at  06:15 AM

I have heard of that scam before. Mostly I get the Viagra spam. (they bypass filters by way of the V/I/G/R/A and alternate spellings) It gets routed to my spam box. Recently there was one that got through on my Yahoo account that was for a greeting card. I always check the links before goto them. This one linked to a site where it would have downloaded a “GREETING CARD.EXE” which was probably a Virus or Trojan.

I work in the Hospitality industry at a Hotel. The biggest Scam that I have seen reports of in a bulletin by the Corporate Office.

THIS IS HOW THEY SAY THE “SCAM” WORKS.
SCAMMERS will call the desk and as to be connected to a room where a person has a common name (IE- JOHN SMITH) then they will pretend to be the front desk wanting to verify the Credit Card Number and information. If this should happen to you there are ways to verify this. Either Tell them you will call them right back usually either 0,00 or a front desk button. The safest way to avoid this is just to take the time to go down to the Front desk.

Posted by James  on  02/01  at  09:00 AM

I have received those emails, too.  The “Greeting Card” one almost had me fooled!

Posted by  on  02/01  at  11:52 AM

That is actually a “worm” James…

Some of the side effects..

Turns off anti-virus applications
Sends itself to email addresses found on the infected computer
Drops more malware
Forges the sender’s email address
Uses its own emailing engine
Installs itself in the Registry

The gift that just keeps on giving..gotta love it!

I would think that the scamming emails would be a breath of fresh air compared to the spamming “porn” emails we all used to get..

Posted by  on  02/01  at  02:47 PM

Another thing to look out for is on the MySPACE… Verify all links in peoples profiles before you click on them.

Some will redirect you to sites other than my space.
Some will ask you to install a MSVIEWER this is spam!!
This is an example a link in the profiles that is under the view more pics in MySpace.


prettysexygirls.info/

OR

cxd.aandaleeb.com/

So always mouse over a link and read the bottom before you click. SAVES LOTS OF HASSLES.

Posted by James  on  02/01  at  03:07 PM

I’ll remember that if I ever come across Lyra’s myspace account…she looks like she would have one..I just know she does..

Maybe she will give us the link…but make sure you mouse over it first..

She has shifty lil eyes..I dont all the way trust her…yet…;)

Posted by  on  02/01  at  03:13 PM

The only spam I get is from them darn penis enhancement websites.  I think the misses may have signed me up without my knowing.

Posted by  on  02/01  at  06:52 PM

There is a new trend of scammers who are sending out spam mails wanting to transfer millions of dollars into our bank account. I heard few people fell for the scam and lost ton of money

Posted by Offshore Banking  on  05/28  at  12:43 AM

I love mornings!

Posted by Aaron  on  06/01  at  06:05 PM

Good morning!

Posted by Porn  on  06/05  at  01:28 AM

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