If something seems too good to be true The old idiom is certainly true when it comes to #instagram When @duckduckgo sent out this tweet and my reaction is this isn’t the half of it. If #facebook was only used … Continue reading Instagram Scams
Here is another classic of its genre. Note the very serious threat in the middle of the envelope. This is totally unnecessary, it is there simply to intimidate and frighten the receiver. It also demands on the front of the envelope “to be opened by addressee only. PEASE RESPOND WITHIN FIVE DAYS” So what can be so important? It’s nothing more than a car warranty scam. Importantly, I don’t even own the car anymore, it was sold some 7-months ago. Yet the letter warns me of all the dire consequences of breakdown and unexpected Expenses. Another clue it’s a scam, … Continue reading More mail scam
One thing I’ve grown to hate in my last 9-years in the USA, and increasingly in Austin as I’ve lived at the same address for 7-years, is the scam and fake mail that arrives at regular intervals. There are those “official” looking envelopes that include seals, official government like crests and demand attention and immediate opening and often a response. I got a letter today from the Worth Finance Corp. They apparently have offices all over central Texas. They at least got my information from Transunion Credit, who pre-screened me. Right at the top of the letter it says “It’s … Continue reading Hate Mail