Usually a lot of e-mail scams target regular users where they essentially sucker people in to send the scammer money or information. This one is interesting as it targets website owners with the fear that they have essentially hacked your site and are asking for ransom. If you see this just delete it as I
I have often heard of fake homeless people and beggars where people simply take advantage of the generosity of others and make a ton of money doing so. For example, I heard stories before that fake homeless people can get over $200 a day which definitely isn’t ethically right. It just increases the skepticism of
It’s about that time again where here it is tax season and usually around this time there are a lot of scammers who send people fake e-mails in hopes to steal money and information from people. This one actually had a word document. You should basically delete it and I found it funny how on
While going on a hike today I got this odd text message where at first it implied that it was from Canada Revenue and that they had sent me a refund of $175. They also include a link which stated it was http://Canada-Agency-Revenue-Refund.ecommerceweb.com.br where I assume most people would be curious to click on it.
At first when I read this I thought it could potentially be legitimate. However, knowing that phishing scams and such are very prevalent that of course made me skeptical. With this e-mail they send you a message stating there is an error with your tax return and that you should respond. They also attach a
These types of e-mail scams are getting way too obvious in many ways for myself. But I can see how people can get tricked into this. When I saw the email subject of “Receive a refund from us for an amount of 551.44” and the sender was “Canada Revenue Agency” All bells went off as