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E-Mail Scam
- PayPal Class Action Lawsuit E-mail Scam
The Internet
Crime Complaint Center, which is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center, recently warned
the public of bogus e-mail messages that request recipients to update their
PayPal credit card information. The message says that recipients are
eligible to receive funds from a recent settlement of a PayPal class action
lawsuit. Below is the partial text from a fraudulent PayPal e-mail message.
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The above is a PHISHING SCAM. The message appears legitimate, doesn't it? The sender shows as coming from PayPal. A secure website is listed. A litigation case number is provided claiming to be from a United States District Court in California. However, the "PayPal" link takes the recipient to a scammer's web page, which looks to be one associated with PayPal. The fraudulent page requests the recipient's username and password, and thus provides the scammers with access to the recipient's PayPal account. Upon completing the form on the bogus web page and then clicking SUBMIT, the recipient is redirected to a legitimate PayPal web page.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center asks Internet users to be cautious of e-mail messages that request private information for the purposes of participating in or settlement of a class action lawsuit. These e-mail messages may be phishing scams attempting to gather personal and financial information.
Ask The Help Desk - What
Is A Blog?
Question: I
have heard a lot lately about the growing popularity of "blogs." What are
they?
Answer: A blog (a shortened form of "web log") is essentially a
frequently updated online journal. It is most commonly a text-only web page
with writings by the blog's author posted in reverse chronological order.
Many blogs also include pictures as well as links to other related stories
around the Web. Some blogs even have links to audio and video clips.
Blogs first emerged in 1999 and have exploded in popularity over the past
couple of years. Some estimates have shown that over 50 million Internet
users are regular blog readers with literally tens of thousands of new blogs
being created each week. Part of the appeal for blog writers is that they
can create and update their blogs with little technical know-how, unlike a
sophisticated website. Although many blogs are simply musings about the
author's personal life intended for viewing by friends and family, the
attraction to many bloggers is in creating a community beyond their current
network of friends. With this in mind, most blogs consist of material on
specific topics such as favorite hobbies, politics, favorite tv shows,
favorite sports teams, current events, favorite movie stars, etc.
To get started learning more about blogs, check out these popular
blog-hosting websites: www.blogger.com,
www.blogwise.com, and
www.typepad.com.
Great Sites To Check Out This Month
Celebrate
"Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month"
http://tecsoc.org/pubs/history/2002/jun4.htm - As everyone already
knows, February is "Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month." So
there's no better time to learn the history of the shopping cart. Did you
know that customers initially proved reluctant to use the first shopping
carts so the inventor hired fake shoppers to walk around using them? To
learn more about the inventor and to see early versions of telescoping
shopping carts from the Smithsonian Institution, check out the links on this
site.
World's Largest Ball Of Paint
http://ballofpaint.freehosting.net - Some people collect baseball cards
as a hobby. Others knit or do crossword puzzles. Mike Carmichael and his
wife, Glenda, from Alexandria, Indiana, have been applying coats of paint to
a single baseball since 1977. What started out as a nine-inch circumference
baseball weighing less than one pound is now 119 inches around, has been
coated with over 19,000 layers of paint, and weighs over 1,800 pounds. If
you are in the Alexandria area, stop by the Ball of Paint Pavilion located
on the Carmichael's property to apply a coat of paint yourself. Admission is
free.
Celebrate February With Chocolate
http://candyusa.org - Lots of chocolate
is purchased in February in celebration of Valentine's Day. The big
question, however, is how do you tell what's in the center of those pieces
of boxed candy without biting each piece in half? (Answer: Each candy
manufacturer has its own code. For one manufacturer, one swirl with one loop
may mean caramel; for another, one swirl with one loop may mean butter
cream.) For answers to everything related to chocolate plus some great
recipe ideas, head over to this site.
Curious George Animated Film Released In February
http://CuriousGeorgeMovie.com -
As a child, you probably enjoyed the adventures of George, the mischievous
chimpanzee, in the many Curious George books written by the husband
and wife team of H.A. and Margret Rey. Over thirty million books have been
sold since the original story was published in 1941. This month marks the
worldwide release of the animated cartoon movie entitled, Curious George.
Will Ferrell provides the voiceover for Ted, known to many as "The Man in
the Yellow Hat." Drew Barrymore and Dick Van Dyke also have voice parts in
the film. So grab your kids or your grandkids sometime this month and make
it a date at the nearest movie theater to enjoy Curious George.
U.S. Takes On World In 2006 World Baseball Classic
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/wbc/index.jsp - The world will soon
take on the likes of Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Derek
Jeter, and 55 other big leaguers as the U.S. competes in the 2006 World
Baseball Classic. Sixteen international teams including rosters from Cuba,
Japan, China, and South Korea will participate in this much-anticipated
event. For roster information on each competing country as well as the
latest news, the MLB.com site is your place to start.
Short Tutorial - Turn
Off E-mail Sound Alerts When Receiving Incoming E-mail
Most e-mail
software programs are set as a default to check for incoming e-mail messages
every ten minutes. If a message or messages have been received, an e-mail
sound alert notifies the computer user that a message or messages are
available for him/her to read. However, it can become somewhat annoying to
hear these e-mail sound alerts going off every ten minutes. To turn off the
audio on these e-mail sound alerts, follow the steps below.
Removing E-mail Sound Alerts In Outlook Express When Using Windows XP:
- With Outlook Express open, go to the "Tools" menu and drop down to "Options." The "Options" window will appear.
- Click your cursor arrow on the "General" tab.
- Look for "Send/Receive Messages" and uncheck the box next to "Play sound when new messages arrive."
- Click "OK."
- With Thunderbird open, go to the "Tools" menu and drop down to "Options." The "Options" window will appear.
- Click your cursor arrow on the "General" icon.
- Find the settings for "When new messages arrive" and uncheck the box next to "Play a sound."
- Click "OK."
- With Netscape Navigator open, go to the "Edit" menu and drop down to "Preferences." The "Preferences" window will appear.
- Under "Category," click your cursor arrow on "Mail & Newsgroups."
- Click on "Notifications."
- Uncheck the box under "When new messages arrive."
- Click "OK."
- With mail.app open, go to the "Mail" menu and drop down to "Preferences." The "Preferences" window will appear.
- Click your cursor arrow on the "General" icon on the toolbar.
- Look for "New mail sound:" and select "None" from the pop-up menu.
- Close the window by clicking on the red dot in the upper left-hand corner.
- With Thunderbird open, go to the "Thunderbird" menu and drop down to "Preferences." The preferences window will appear.
- Click your cursor arrow on the "General" icon.
- Find the settings for "When new messages arrive" and uncheck the box next to "Play a sound."
- Click "OK."
- With Netscape Navigator open, go to the "Netscape" menu and drop down to "Preferences." The "Preferences" window will appear.
- Under "Category," click your cursor arrow on "Mail & Newsgroups."
- Click on "Notifications."
- Uncheck the box under "When new messages arrive."
- Click "OK."
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