Tag archives: Safety

Craigslist Tip For Reducing Spam Emails

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Craigslist Tip For Reducing Spam Emails
There is nothing more frustrating than receiving a Craigslist email asking "is this still available". Usually, when a seller replies "yes", the response is a poorly disguised phishing email trying to obtain personal information and/or offering more money to remove the listing and consider it sold. Recently, I stopped putting a value...

Free Apple iPhone4 & iPad2 from Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook Scam Email

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Free Apple iPhone4 & iPad2 from Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook Scam Email
I received the following email this morning that claims to be from Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer of Facebook. The email address it came from is worsellzib@hotmail.com, the subject is "Dear Facebook User". This is NOT legit! If you received this message or a similar one, do NOT click the link...

Strange Craigslist Response: I Caught My Partner Cheating On Me

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In the past, I have shared Craigslist messages received to warn of potential online scams and/or phishing tactics (see links below). This recent response from Tiffaney Kaliszuk with the email address tiffaneyqaiuz@hotmail.com takes the cake! I had a kid's item listed for sale, NOT a personal ad. LOL! Merry Christmas! I have seen...

Pink SentrySafe – Keep Your Items Safe From Disaster & Support Breast Cancer

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When SentrySafe reached out to me about reviewing their pink breast cancer safe, I was so excited! Sure, we already have a SentrySafe and while it does it's job effectively keeping our documents, files and photos safe from disaster (and in one location so we always know where these items...

Wells Fargo Phishing Email Scam – Please Activate Your VISA Check Card

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I received a suspicious email claiming to be from Wells Fargo customer service. Since I do not bank with Wells Fargo, I knew it was someone phishing for my personal information! The details are below. From: Wells Fargo <wellsf@customerservice.com> Subject: "please activate your card" The body of the message contained the following: "Wells...

Craigslist Scam – Embarking On Business Trip, Need To Send Bank Official Check

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The other day I received this familiar message from "harmmharmons@aol.com": "Hello, do you still have this item for sale ? When can I come check it out? Shoot me an email back as soon as possible pls I'm speech disabled though, remember to leave your name and email address when...