Over the years I have written a great deal about spam and scam. We see it every day in our e-mail, voice calls and texts. The Spam Chronicles was created to provide people with information and tools to protect themselves and to minimize their exposure and risk from scammers.
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Your E-mail in the Wild – The Case of Parler
So who ended up with my data when Parler went under?
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The Mystery of 52.225.23.15
Can somebody explain a brute force attack from a Microsoft IP address? Websites are easy targets for various network attacks simply because they are available to the public. What protects a website from being “hacked” is a rather thin veneer of passwords, strengthened by a range of firewall measures. WordPress, a popular platform on which…
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The E-mail De-activation Scam
Ever get a notification that your e-mail account is about to be de-activated? Is it for real or a scam? The Scam You receive an e-mail saying your e-mail account is about to be de-activated. Click the link below if you wish to keep your account active. The scam is amplified further by the fact…
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Is a Website a Scam? The Case When It is Not So Clear
Ever encountered on the Internet a business and wondered if this website is a scam? The answers are not always cut and dried. Getting the big picture can help you avoid several pitfalls.
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Spam Update — How to Avoid Spam
In a previous posting, one of the key things I suggested was to set up multiple e-mail accounts and delegate their use based on risk. Did it work?
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SHAKEN, But Not STIRred
What to do with those mysterious links in text messages. A closer look at a new protocol that may help reduce spam and scam. The new protocol is called STIR/SHAKEN.
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Tracking Scams in Phone Messages
Ever wonder how to respond to a suspicious message? Here are a few tips on how to learn more about the scammers.
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Spam Filtering: Mastering Your E-mail
It is now a fact of life that e-mail traffic is largely spam, unwanted solicitations for your time and money, if not worse. Spam cannot be avoided, but it can be controlled.