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Amazon eMail Phishing Scam

January 16th, 2008 Baxter 1 comment

Updated Post: There's a nasty Amazon Phishing Scam being sent out. Be sure you don't fall for it. You can see what the phishing email looks like (safely) by opening this unedited image of my email inbox. Here are some resources to fight phishing:Antiphishing.org and MS: How to recognize phishing scams and fraudulent e-mails Update: there's a ...

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Top 5 Bad Service Complaints of 2007

January 8th, 2008 Baxter 2 comments
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Here are our top 5 worse customer experiences of the year. If you represent UPS, FedEX, Air Canada, Bell Canada or any of the companies here mentioned please comment directly. As always we'd love to hear from you, this is your opportunity for proactive change. We will document any changes to service ...

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Nasty PayPal Phishing Scam

March 20th, 2007 Jobe Roberts No comments

I just received this nasty email with the title "Dispute Transaction". It just triggered within me an instant reaction. I guess I never trusted PayPal that much so when I saw the email I figured, "Darn those guys! They've messed up again!" So I instantly hit the 'dispute this' link and then started putting my ...

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So ya wanna be an inventor…

February 17th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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The "inventor services" firms have been around for ages. They used to advertise on matchbooks. Now you find their cheesy ads on daytime TV. There's one ad running lately that shows a frustrated housewife glaring at her EZ Pasta cooker - "That was MY idea" she gasps. Alas, because she didn't file a patent ...

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