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Dear Aubrey,
Thank you for subscribing to the
SecurePCNews.com. This month
we'll be looking at some of the
recent internet scams and how you
can protect yourself.
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California Wildfire Scams
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Unfortunately, during any large
disaster like the ongoing wildfires
in Southern California there will be
scammers who attempt to steal from
the victims by posting fake donation
sites. While we certainly encourage
you to consider helping help out, we
also encourage you to be cautious in
choosing how you donate online.
Make sure you confirm any site
before entering your credit card or
other personal information. For the
most secure method go directly to a
website that you can confirm by try
typing the address rather than
clicking a link in an email.
Here are some legitimate
organizations that are supporting
the wildfire victims.
American Red Cross -
www.RedCross.org
Salvation Army -
www.salvationarmy.org
SD Humane Society and SPCA -
www.sdhumane.org
Make sure you visit or subscribe to
the
SecurePCNews.com Alert Blog for
updated information about potential
fraudulent activity.
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Job Offer Scams
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You open your inbox to find out that
you've been offered a new job.
It probably comes from a recognized
company like Ashley Furniture, Kirin
Brewery or Bakers Foods. The
offer seems great. All you
need to do is accept the offer and
you will start collecting
commissions on sales made by the
company. You don't even have
to do anything other than accept
payments. Great job right?
Wrong! These job offers are
simply the latest type of online
fraud often referred to as a
Nigerian Scam.
You can learn more about Nigerian
Scams here.
There are many ways these scams
work, but in short, these scams are
intended to gain access to your
financial accounts. On model
involves the victim actually
receiving what appear to be actual
payments. The payment likely appear
to be a certified check. You
will have instructions to deposit
the check into your account then
wire a portion of the amount to the
company you 'work' for. So,
you get $10,00 check and then wire
out $9,000. Sounds like you've
just made $1,000 right? Not so
fast. It will turn out that
the 'certified' check is actually
fake. By the time your bank
figures it out, the fraudsters will
be long gone with your $1,000 and
you will be left with nothing.
You also are likely to become a
victim of identify theft because of
all the personal information you
have shared with the criminal.
Protect yourself today with IDENTITY GUARD®
New email scams are regularly posted
on the
Secure PCNews.com Alert Blog.
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