Just like the post I made about Bank Phishing, today I received an email supposedly from eBay requesting to change my registration information. Well of course if you read my post from the other day you already know that I am very aware of spoofed emails that are phishing for personal login information. Guess what? This is a spoofed email that appears to be from eBay but in reality it is not. I confirmed with eBay that this is in fact a spoofed email and they are working to disable the site that it is currently installed on. [Click image [...] Read more »
Belated Christmas Gift
I know we are almost in February but I just found out today that I was given a Christmas Fruit Cake from my good friend Dan. I can’t believe that I didn’t get it till today but I still do appreciate a good fruit cake. I just want to thank Dan for this fine gift which I will keep for myself and not share with others, atleast not yet… Maybe next Christmas I will pass it along. ~ Phil Read more »
Bank Phishing
Today I received and email from what appeared to be J.P. Morgan Chase which if you don’t know is a very well known bank. The email looked official and actually would lead you to believe that it came from Chase. Have a look at a screenshot of the email (click to enlarge): Looks pretty good except for the fact that there is a couple of spelling mistakes like Complate instead of Complete, and why is the C capitalized anyway? The sentence under “Please Note:” If we do no??? Shouldn’t that be NOT??? Well anyway to make a long story short [...] Read more »
Free Windows Anti-Virus Software…
Several days ago I wrote about a Free Windows Firewall, well today I am following up with a Free Windows Anti-Virus Sofware. The software is called AVG Anti-Virus and I have been using it personally for over 2 years without any problems. The software is GREAT!!! It updates automatically daily and I have not had a virus since I installed it. For anyone running Windows this software is a must! You can download it directly here and can use it free of charge as long as you follow the guidelines that the company has set for you. Here is what [...] Read more »
Bloggrrl: cornbread and black-eyed peas contest entry
Well I just couldn’t pass this up. I have never done this before but I figured why not give it a shot! It is my blog afterall :) I don’t particularly like black-eyed peas but a $25 gift certificate sounds good or even the home-made corn bread… If you would like to enter the cornbread and black-eyed peas contest contest as well then you better hurry up because it ends tomorrow. Read more »