Ugh.Now that tax season is in full swing, the spammers and schemers are out in force. I received four emails today alone purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service, all of which were spam. Most of them were rehashed emails (of the “canceled by your banking institution” variety, asking for new banking information). One,…
If you’re like me, you got slammed today with bogus emails claiming to be from the IRS. Most were the run of the mill “Federal tax transaction rejected” variety – like the ones from before. A few, however, were a bit more sophisticated. This one, in particular, caught my eye: Dear business owners, Due to…
I promised I would do a few giveaways mixed in with some trivia to celebrate my five year blogoversary. So here’s the first: Over the years, I’ve changed blogging platforms a few times. I’ve used Blogger, WordPress.com, Typepad and proprietary software. I currently used WordPress.org, which is the platform that I’ve used since September 2008….
Earlier in the week, I received an email about spam and I just wanted to take a moment or two to re-emphasize my thoughts on spam and your privacy. Like most bloggers, I use a service to send out feeds via RSS and email. The most popular service is Feedburner, which is what I use…