Email from Apple?
Apple Phishing Scheme, Beware
I've owned Apple products for over a decade now and so I do pay attention to emails from Apple, and this is what just came into my mailbox this morning:…
Phishing email
Beware of this Quickbooks Phishing Scheme
I've been using Quicken software for decades now to run my business and personal financial tasks, so today when I received an official-looking email from Intuit Quickbooks I took notice.…
Phishing address
Google Docs Phishing Scam
I have been using Google Docs (aka Google Drive) for several years now, and it's another easy to use, cloud-based storage where I can keep important documents for my own…
Apple ID
Apple Phishing Scam
I do own a few Apple products in my business: MacBook Pro 17" MacBook Pro 15" iPad So today when I received the following email it looked legitimate: The first…
Hackers Phishing for LogMeIn Credentials
It's Monday morning, so time to get caught up on my emails for the day. Ah, here's one from a company that I've used before: LogMeIn. They have a neat…
But I Didn’t Even Order an iPad
I just went through my morning list of emails and there was one message from Self Electronics about the shipment of an iPad. It's a coincidence that I already own…
Two New Email Scams to Avoid
Each morning as I start my work routine the first thing that I do is read the Inbox of my email to see which messages require my attention for the…
Spotting Fake Domain Name Registration Scams
As a web developer I own my own domain name of www.tualatinweb.com and several others for clients. Almost every week I receive phony email messages from bogus companies asking me…
Yes, that really is United Airlines
In my previous corporate job as a Product Marketing Manager I used to fly around the world for business and so I signed up for the United Airlines mileage program in order…
PayPal and Fubar
I signed up years ago for PayPal because it was an easy way to make and accept payments online at sites like eBay, so when I get an email from…