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Reminder: Why you should never ‘Unsubscribe’ from SPAM emails

Posted on January 13, 2025

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

Like most everyone else, you probably receive SPAM and phishing emails all the time.

And despite the existence of the Can-Spam act, this scourge of the Internet seems to actually be getting worse instead of better.

If you ever happen to accidentally open one of these obnoxious messages you might be tempted to click the “Unsubscribe” link located near the bottom of the message to have your email address removed from their mailing list.

Whatever you do, don’t click that link! Read on to find out why… [Read more…]

Q&A: Are these password-reset emails legit?

Posted on July 25, 2024

Question from Sue: Yesterday I started getting emails from several websites that I mostly infrequently use or don’t use at all, such as Microsoft, Walmart, and Instagram.

But now I’ve received two more emails from two websites (AirBnB and eBay) that I DO use.

These emails were all in regard to resetting my password – either the password was already changed or a request to change it.

I’m confused about what’s going on and what I need to do?

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Scam alert: Don’t fall for this fake Microsoft ‘Tech Support’ scam

Posted on June 25, 2024

There’s an old scam that keeps popping up from time to time, and I’m hearing lots of reports that it’s spreading like wildfire at the moment.

A while back I wrote a post explaining that neither Microsoft nor Apple will call you to let you know that your machine has a virus.

And they won’t, so if you get a call like that from out of the blue you should know right off the bat that the call is a scam. Just hang up on them.

But now there’s a quickly spreading variation of that scam that’s costing a lot of folks a lot of money and causing tons of grief to boot.

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Scam alert: Don’t fall for these dangerous lottery scams

Posted on May 23, 2024

As you probably know, scams of various types are ubiquitous on social media (here’s looking at you, Facebook).

Some scams run their course and are never seen again, but most just seem to pop up every now and then.

One of those recurring “pop-up scams” is a lottery scam targeting people who enjoy playing the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lotteries that frequently advertise massive prize payouts for the winners. [Read more…]