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Phishing fradusters are everywhere.  I get “PayPal Fraud Alerts” several times a week.  I get stuff from banks I’ve never heard of, and banks I don’t do business with.  But the ones you need to be most careful of are the ones you DO work with.

Well, I just got a Phishing spoof purporting to be from Google advising me of the following:

Dear Advertiser,

This is your official notification from Google AdWords that the service(s) listed below will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately.

As the Primary Contact, you must renew the service(s) listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted.

Renew Now your Google Search Advertising services.  <<— FRAUDULENT LINK!

SERVICE: Google Search Advertising
EXPIRATION: July, 23 2008

Thank you for using Google AdWords service.
We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.

Since your Google AdWords account is tied not only to credit cards but to stuff that can cost you a LOT OF MONEY if it’s messed with, be VERY CAREFUL with these kinds of things!

Do NOT click the link!  Rather, go to your AdWords account the way you usually do (adwords.google.com) and see if you get any kind of notice when you login.

Personally, I’ve never been advised that my AdWords account needs to be renewed — only that my credit card is expiring and that I need to update my records.

Be informed, and be careful.

-David “The Tool Wiz” Schwartz

Hello

I have an important question for you today that may be impacting your
revenues.

Have you ever had someone steal an entire web site and bypass your sales
page?

Ever found a complete sales page posted on eBay where someone is using
it to make unauthorized sales?

You think, “This is WRONG!” but you don’t have a clue how to stop it.

Well, now there is! It’s called Hotlink Alarm, and it keeps people from
picking your pockets, and stealing your assets, bandwidth, and sales.

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I recently read something that’s apparently being passed around the internet under the guise of “good advice from a lawyer”. Unfortunately, even lawyers aren’t very bright when it comes to some of this stuff! Most of the advice is pure rubbish. I recently lost my wallet and had fraudulant charges show up on some credit cards, so I’ve got some insight into what’s what in this respect. So here are a few tips. Note: I’m not a lawyer, but as I said, just because someone may be a lawyer, that doesn’t make what they say necessarily useful. You didn’t pay for their advice, so you can’t exactly sue them if it harms you. Continue Reading »