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… From CPanel to …. what??
I am an old Unix dude, I have installed more different versions of Unix than most people – Everything from Sco Xenix/286 thru to Centos5.2 and I don’t usually have much problems – but as time wears on, my brainDisk is starting to squeal and it’s not as fast at random access as it used […]
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Round-up of Internet Scams in the News
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Been Scammed on CraigsList? – New Service from Scamdex
Back in 2008, Scamdex found a blog devoted to outing the huge population of scammers to whom Craigslist is a God-given opportunity to rip off people the world over. The Blog, Exposing scam artists who use Craigslist is still here but hasn’t been updated for a while, which is a shame. Scamdex’s Scam Tip Off […]
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UK Charity urges users to report illegal web content
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a UK-based Hotline for reporting illegal content. Specifically Child sexual abuse content hosted worldwide and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK. It’s remit is to protect the citizens of the UK from illegal and offensive online content by allowing the public and IT […]
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Scam Roundup
= Prosecutors want tabs kept on Disney scam suspect MiamiHerald.com – Miami,FL,USA Miami-Dade prosecutors want to restrict the movements of alleged = Disney vacation scammer Nancy Alvarez. BY DAVID OVALLE Nancy Alvarez, 20, is = accused of … See all stories on this topic = Freedom, NH, officer charged in alleged pay scam WCAX – […]
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Monthly round up of scams. July 2008
The scam that inspired a poem WalesOnline – United Kingdom I JOINED our local OAP group last year and was asked to bring along my favourite poem. Not having an interest in poetry or having a book of poems meant I was in quite a quandary. However, the day before the meeting I received a […]
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US Immigration Scammer Convicted
A Branford, New Haven, Conn. man is facing a long prison term after pleading guilty to bilking illegal immigrants out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fifty-six-year-old Ralph Cucciniello has been accused of taking $560,000 from about 60 immigrants in Greater New Haven, as well as the Boston and New York area. The judge Thursday […]
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Canadian Phone Scam runs up Big Long distance charges
Canadian Telecom company, SaskTel is warning customers to be on the look-out for a telephone scam that could lead to unwanted long distance charges. In this scam, a person calls a customer claiming there has been an accident or some other incident. The caller then requests that the customer dial *72 followed by a long-distance […]