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GO TO OUR INTERACTIVE PAGE TO TALK WITH A LIVE PERSON JOIN OUR MESSAGE BOARD	INTERNET SCAMS Virtually ALL emails selling pharmaceuticals or unsolicited offers of mortgages are SCAMS!  Your best defense is not to click on any link in a spam email to a pharmaceutical or mortgage site.    Also see Page 2 for previously released scam information. Blazefind.com Invasive AdWare. Doublebot.com Pyramid (Ponzi) Scheme 23 June 2004"Phishing" a growing threat to your online safety 26 May 2004 Fresh Start Christian Financial 9 Feb. 2004  "National Do Not Email Registry" 24 May 2003 SPEWS Information 4 May 2003 "Insta Kiss" Scam 24 Mar. 2003 Yahoo Chat Spam Bot Exposed 13 Mar 2003 Worldwide Online System delightful2dream.com 5 Feb. 2003 Lottery Winners International Scam 16 Jan. 2003 International Driver Licenses Scam 15 Jan. 2003 Automatic Internet Scam 23 June 2004 "Phishing, a growing threat to your online safety According to Anti-Phishing Working Group, phishing is: "Phishing attacks use 'spoofed' e-mails and fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames and passwords, social security numbers, etc. By hijacking the trusted brands of well-known banks, online retailers and credit card companies, phishers are able to convince up to 5% of recipients to respond to them." If you have received an email from what appears to be CitiBank, or other well-known banking institutions, asking for your credit card or other sensitive information, you are being "phished" for information that will be used to purchase products in your name, without your knowledge or consent. The "phishers" benefit by reselling items you've paid for. Other "phishing" ploys come as mortgage refinancing or online drug sales.  You are advised not to respond to any unsolicited request, simply delete the email. 26 May 2004 Fresh Start Christian Financial Nothing is known regarding this group, however it has appeared on various message boards, spamming their web site http://www.christiandebtconsolidations.com Be advised to be wary of any new "debt consolidation" company, in particular ones that spam message boards. Updates on this company as we receive them.     9 Feb. 2004 "National Do Not Email Registry" Unsub.us Yet another site has cropped up, purporting to be a "do not spam" registry. Persons are advised, Unsub.us is not an official Government site of any kind, and not to submit their email address to be included in their database. 24 May 2003 SPEWS SPEWS is not in itself a scam but a shadowy organization that publishes a "blocklist" of email servers.  SPEWS tactics call for blocking of all domains on a web hosting service, not only the offending spammers, but in some cases thousands of innocent domains.  Their rationale is if the customers of a web host discontinue their hosting, the web hosting service will remove the offending spammer, or lose valuable business. These RICO like tactics employed by SPEWS harms thousands of businesses that have no connection to spammers, other than the fact that they share the same web hosting service. We discourage the use of "blacklists" such as SPEWS, and encourage persons receiving unsolicited emails to forward them to the Federal Trade Commission, at uce@ftc.gov Also See: SPEWS No Longer Anonymous   4 May 2003 "Insta Kiss" Scam This scam is designed to collect password information from your system.  You are asked to download a program that steals your information. Hey, someone really likes you and sent you a Insta Kiss!! Click here to login and see who it is!!     %RANDOM_TEXT     "Insta kiss" is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved  Registrant:    Registration Private    Domains by Proxy, Inc.    15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160    PMB353    Scottsdale, Arizona 85260    United States    Registered through: Go Daddy Software (http://www.godaddy.com)    Domain Name: GLOBALDAILYPAY.COM       Created on: 10-Dec-02       Expires on: 10-Dec-04       Last Updated on: 18-Feb-03    Administrative Contact:       Private, Registration  GLOBALDAILYPAY.COM@domainsbyproxy.com       15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160       PMB353       Scottsdale, Arizona 85260       United States       (480) 624-2599    Technical Contact:       Private, Registration  GLOBALDAILYPAY.COM@domainsbyproxy.com       15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160       PMB353       Scottsdale, Arizona 85260       United States       (480) 624-2599    Domain servers in listed order:       NS2.WORKDIGITAL.COM       NS1.WORKDIGITAL.COM 24 Mar. 2003   Yahoo! Chat Spam Bot Exposed Recently, an Internet porn site has been operating a spam bot in the various Yahoo! Chat rooms. The following are some of the identities used by this bot: hot_bj_queen girl_riding_her_toy teenie_babe18 totally_all_tits The site, freehighres.com is registered to: Registrant:  Webbie  199 Cannon Street East  Hamilton, Ontario L8L2A7  CA  905 522 5156 Domain Name: FREEHIGHRES.COM Administrative Contact:   E-com biz Inc., E-com biz Inc. webmaster@ecombiz.info  199 Cannon Street East  Hamilton, Ontario L8L2A7  CA  905 522 5156 ecombiz.info is registered to: Domain Name:ECOMBIZ.INFO Created On:26-Oct-2001 17:29:37 UTC Last Updated On:12-Apr-2003 09:28:39 UTC Expiration Date:26-Oct-2003 17:29:37 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:R152-LRMS Status:ACTIVE Status:OK Registrant ID:C1374991-LRMS Registrant Name:E-com biz Inc. E-com biz Inc. Registrant Organization:Webbie Registrant Street1:199 Cannon Street East Registrant City:Hamilton Registrant State/Province:Ontario Registrant Postal Code:L8L2A7 Registrant Country:CA Registrant Phone:+1.111111111 Registrant Email:webmaster@catindahat.com 13 Mar. 2003  Worldwide Online System or delightful2dream.com In order to gain any useful information on their site, you must provide them with your name and email address. NOT!!!! This is an excellent way to send your email to a spam list.  Should you gain access to their site, it will cost you $39.95 to order their video. NOWHERE ON THEIR SITE IS ANYTHING EXPLAINED AS TO THE TRUE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM!!! Folks, this is an outright scam, you should NEVER have to pay for information prior to deciding whether you wish to participate in any home based business venture.   5 Feb. 2003 Lottery Winners International Scam Have you received an email with the following: "Ref. Nnumbe: 132/756/4007 Batch Number: 538901527-BB67 Sir/Madam We are pleased to inform you of the result of the  Lottery Winners International programs held on the 1st January,  2003. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27511465896-6410 with  serial number 3772-510 drew lucky numbers 7-14-88-23-31-45 which consequently  won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum  pay out of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars)..." Another variation of this scam is an email sent from AMSTEL LOTTO PROMOTION AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS This is an outright SCAM. For more complete information please see Snopes.com Urban Legends.     16 Jan. 2003 International Drivers Licenses Scammers Under Investigation Internet News is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating several operators of this scam. For more information, please see the Internet News article, click Here.     AUTOMATIC INTERNET SCAM Here is a copy of their advertisment being sent out by spam email. The only way to receive more information from this scam is to first pay by credit card. NO WAY!!! Never pay prior to doing research into any company. Also, clicking the REMOVE link will not take you to a remove page, but to their main page. There is no way to remove yourself from their database. Emails to the registered domain owner bounce back as undeliverable. STEER CLEAR OF THIS SCAM!     Main Topic Index Is this Topic of interest to you? We are seeking a Page Editor and Advertising Sales Representatives, Click Here for details.
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