Scam!! be careful

I just got an email like below which I believe is a scam, so if you get one please be careful.
 Dear client, We inform you that your iTunes ID happens to expire in less than 48 H. It is imperative to conduct an audit of your information is present, otherwise your ID will be destroyed.
Just click the link below and log in with your Apple ID and password.
Check now.. This is an automatically generated message. Thank you not to answer. If you need help, please visit theApple Supportsite. Sincerely,
The Apple Customer Support
Apple Sales International, Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Cork, Ireland. Registration number of the company : 15719. VAT number : IE6554690W.
All rights reserved / Privacy Policy / My Apple ID
If you no longer wish to receive emails from Apple, or if your email address has changed, please click here.
TM and copyright © 2013 Apple Inc.

Those emails are fairly common - if you still have it then you could forward it to Apple : [email protected]

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  • Fast easy money*** no scams

    Make Money Fast and Easy$$$
    $$MAKE LOTS OF CASH THE EASY WAY$$ Dear Internet user, good day, this article i've written is all about the fact where u earned an ASTOUNDING amount of money in less than a month and I've decided to share or reveal the secrets behind making big bucks in the Mail Order Business. So all money seekers, read this carefully. **READING THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE!** I found this bulletin board just like this one and decided to give it a try. A little while back, I was browsing through several newsgroups, just like you are now, and came across an article similar to this that said you could make thousands of dollars within weeks with only and initial investment of only $6.00! So I thought, "Yeah right, this has got to be a scam," but like most of us, I was curious, so i kept reading. Anyway, it said that you need to send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and addresses stated in the article. You then place your own name and address in the bottom of the list at #6, and post the article in at least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands) No catch, that was it. So after thinking it over, and talking to a few people first, I thought about trying it. I figured: "what have I got to lose except $6.00 and six stamps, right?" Then I invested the measly $6.00. Well GUESS WHAT!!....within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail! I was shocked! I figured it would end soon, but the money just kept coming in, In my firist week, I made about $25.00. By the end of the second week, I had make a total of over $1,000.00! In the third week I had over $10,000.00 and its still growing. This is now my fourth week and I have made just over $42,000.00 and its still coming in rapidly. It's certaining worth $6.00 and 6 stamps, I have spent more than that on the lottery!! Let me tell you how this works and most importantly, why it works....Also, make sure to print a copy of this article NOW, so you can get the information off of it as you need it, I promise you that if you follow the directions exactly, that you will start making more money than you thought possible by doing something so easy! SUGGESTION: Read this message carefully! (print it out or download it) Follow the simple directions and watch the money come in! It's easy. It's legal. And, your investment is only $6.00 (and postage). IMPORTANT: This is not a rip-off; it is not indecent; it is not illegal; and is virtually no risk- it really works!!!!! If all of the following is adhered to, you will receive extraordinary dividends. PLEASE NOTE: Please follow these directions EXACTLY, and $50,000 or more can be yours in 20 to 60 days. This program remains successful because of the integrity and honesty of the participants. Please continue its success by carefully adhering to the instructions. You will now become part of the Mail Order Business. In this business, your product is not solid or tangible, it's a service. You are in the business of developing Mailing Lists. Many large corporations are happy to pay big bucks for quality lists. However, the money made from the mailing lists is secondary to the income which is made forom poeple like you and me asking to be included in that list.
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    HERE ARE 4 EASY STEPS TO GET STARTED<STEP ONE: Get six separate pieces of paper and write the following on each piece f paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." Now get 6 US $1.00 bills and place ONE inside EACH of the six pieces of paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope (Please make sure that the bill wouldn't be noticed in the envelope to prevent thievery). Send out US $DOLLAR, so it would be more acceptable. STEP TWO: Next, place one paper in each of the 6 envelopes and seal them properly. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each with a piece of paper stating the phrase "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST.", your name and address , and a $1.00 bill. What you are doing is creating a service. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! You are requesting a legitimate service and you are paying for it! Like most of us, I was a little skeptical and a little worried about the legal aspects of it all. So I checked it out with the US Post Office (1-800-725-2161) and they confirmed that it is indeed legal! Mail the US $6.00 to the following adresses:
    1)Brandon Corbin 307 N. Church St. Lancaster, PA 17603
    2) Lierin Quinn P.O. Box 242 Bausman, PA 17504
    3)L. Middlebrook P.O. Box 2079 Beaverton, Ontario Canada L0K 1A0
    4) Phyllis M. Whiddon 256 JD Road DeRidder, LA
    5) D. Goldring 1368 Kenton Rd. Parkville, MD 21234
    6) J. Rowland 5039 Alta Colina Rd. Camarillo, CA 93012
    STEP 3: Now tke the #1 name off the list that you see above, move the other names up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4, etc...) and add YOUR name as number 6 on the list. STEP 4: Copy this article. Change anything you need to, but try to keep this article as close to original as possible. Now, post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups. (I believe there are 2.4 million groups) All you need is 200, but remember, the more you post, the more money you make! This is perfectly legal! If you have any doubts, refer to Title 18, Section 1302 and 1341, US Postal and Lottery Laws or Title 18, Section 3005 in the US code, also in the code of Federal regulations, Volume 16, Sections 255 and 436, which states; "a product or service must be exchanged for money received." The simple note in the letter, "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST", makes it legal because you are paying for exchange of a service, (adding the purchasers name to his/her mailing list) for a $1.00 fee. IMPORTANT: Keep a copy of these steps for yourself and, whenever you need money, you can use it again and again. PLEASE REMEMBER that this program remains successful because of the honesty and integrity of the participants and by their carefully adhering to the directions. Look at it this way. If you are of integrity, the program will continue and the money that so many others have received will come way. NOTE: You amy want to retain every name and address sent to you, either on a computer or a hard copy and keep the notes people send you. This VERIFIES that you are truly providing a service. (Also, it might be a good idea to wrap the $1 bill in dark paper to reduce the risk of mail theft.) So, as each post is downloaded and the directions are carefully followed, six members will be reimbursed for their participation as a List Developer with one dollar each. Your name will move up the list geometrically so that when your name reaches the #1 position you will be receiving thousands of dollars in CASH!!! What an oppurtunity for only $6.00 ($1 for each of the first six people listed above). Send it now, add your own name to the list and you're in business!
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    DIRECTIONS FOR HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS<Step 1) You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own posting. Simply put your mouse cursor at the beginning of this letter, click and drag your cursor to the bottom of this document, right-click and select 'copy' from the edit menu. This will copy the entire letter into the computer's memory. Step2) Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your mouse cursor at the top of the blank page. Right click and from the 'edit' menu select 'paste'. This will paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add your name and postal address to the list. Step 3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want to do your postings in different settings, you'll always have this file to come back to. Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet Explorer and try searching for various newsgroups (online forums, message boards, chat sites, discussions.) Step 5) Visit these mesagge boards and post this article as a new message by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting paste from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject, this will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a particular group, click the "post" message button. You're done with your first one! Congratulations....THAT'S IT! All you have to do is jump from different newsgroups and post away, after you get the hang of it, it will take about a minute for each newsgroup! ***REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!!!BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF 200*** That's it! You will begin receiving money from around the world within days! You may eventually want to rent a P.O Box due to the large amount of mail you will receive. If you wish to stay anonymous, you can invent a name to use, as long as the postman will deliver it. **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.**
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    Now the why part
    Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a very low example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the letter. Now, each of the 5 persons respond to each of the original 5, that is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 each make 200 MINIMUM posts with my name at #4 and only 5 replies each, I will bring in and additional $125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn around and post the MINIMUM 200 with my name at #3 and only 5 replies each, I will make an additional $626.00! OK, now here is the fun part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM 200 letters with my name at #2 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me $3,125.00!!! Those 3,125 persons will all deliver this messageto 200 newsgroups with my name at #1 and if still ONLY 5 persons per 200 newsgroups react I will receive $15,625.00!! With a original investment of only $6.00! AMAZING! When your name is no longer on the list, you just take the latest posting in the newsgroups, and send out another $6.00 to the names on the list, putting your name back at #6 again. And start posting again. The thing to remember is: do you realize that thousands of people all over the world are joining the internet and reading these articles everday?, JUST LIKE YOU ARE NOW!! So, can you afford $6.00 and see if it really works?? I think so...people have said, "what if the plan is played out and no one sends you the money?" So what! What are the chances of that happening when there are tons of new honest users and new honest people who are joining the internet and newsgroups everyday and are willing to give it a try? Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users, every day, with thousands of those joining the actual internet!!! REMEMBER, PLAY FAIRLY AND HONESTLY AND THIS WILL WORK FOR YOU!!! Good luck to all and please play fairly and reap the huge rewards from this, which is tons of extra CASH. By the way, please DON'T try to deceive people by posting the messages with your name on the list and not sending the CASH to the rest of the people already on the list, you will NOT get any. This is the fairest and most honest way I have ever seen to share the wealth of the world without costing anything but our time!! You also may want to buy mailing and e-mail lists for future cash. Make sure you print this article out RIGHT NOW!!! Also, try to keep a list of everyone that sends you CASH and always keep an eye on the newsgroups to make sure everyone is playing fairly. Remember, HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. IMPORTANT: If you're not interested in my article, (don't want instant cash), please pass this message to anyone who wishes quick money. Thank you so much.==============================

    Right, thanks for your reply.
    This is purely a report over an audit table. The "key" column represents the key columns of another table of what data has been inserted, updated or deleted.
    ORDER_NO=35399^RELEASE_NO=*^SEQUENCE_NO=*^
    In my example, there are three key columns;
    ORDER_NO
    RELEASE_NO
    SEQUENCE_NO
    and the value this audit relates to is stored too,
    where ORDER_NO=35399
    and RELEASE_NO='*'
    and SEQUENCE_NO='* this is a unqiue row which has been audited.
    All values are exact matches, including the *'s which are the ERPs system if representing "not selected" without actually using null.
    You could have the following info:
    ID,KEY
    10000,'ORDER_NO=35399^RELEASE_NO=*^SEQUENCE_NO=*^'
    10001,'ORDER_NO=36647^RELEASE_NO=*^SEQUENCE_NO=*^'
    10002,'ORDER_NO=36648^RELEASE_NO=10^SEQUENCE_NO=1^'
    10003,'ORDER_NO=36648^RELEASE_NO=10^SEQUENCE_NO=2^
    For each audited table the key columns are fixed, of course. Since I am only ever reporting over a single audited table the defined columns in the key column will not change, but their values will (as shown above).
    Therefore it is true to say that the key columns can be obtained from the 1st row (or any for that matter) row returned.
    Perhaps I should make the report less flexible and hard code these, since I know themm (for now).
    This means I only need to retrieve the three values for each.
    (Sorry of this seems everso complicated)

  • BEST BUY CREDIT CARD DEBT PROTECTION SCAM!! BEWARE

    I, like several other BB account holders that have written regarding this same exact issue, have been scammed by the debt protection service - for over $1000.
    Upon signing up the the best buy card, I was somehow enrolled in the debt protection service. I certainly did not sign on for this service with any knowledge of doing so, and wasn't "asked" by a rep if I wanted the service.
    Very long story short, I had been charged for this service without my knowledge, to the point where I now have paid over $1000 for it. As others have pointed out, I am to blame for not being more diligent in regards to analyzing my electronic statements - but for my extremely busy lifestyle, that is the purpose of auto-pay. I know what my payment is supposed to be, and I trust that is what I will be paying.
    Once I realized that I had been charged for this service every billing cycle - I began calling Best Buy regarding this issue. My experience was identical to others who have experienced this debt protection scam. They pass me on to several different departments until I am beyond frustrated and exhausted from talking with all of these people and re-explaining my story over and over. Then in the end they always say that the issue will be looked into and resolved within 30 days. I've gone through many of these 30 day cycles. At an escalated level, they conveniently pass all blame onto Citibank as the single entity that controls the debt protection - so all responsibility is ignored by Best Buy.
    I've had a horrible experience dealing with this, and despite all of the calls and promises of it being taken care of, I am nearing the end of my time with Best Buy. They are not going to work with me, and I am going to pay for this service and be done with Best Buy for good.
    I'll probably receive a scripted response from a Best Buy "Social Media Specialist" as all of these identical complaints have received - stating in the message body "Citibank, N.A. is the issuer of your My Best Buy credit card account. Due to this, we don’t have access to their accounts". Again conveniently deflecting all call for action to Citibank. And I promise that Citibank and/or Best Buy will do nothing to resolve, or even try and help.
    You can say that I'm at fault and have to deal with the consequenses of unknowingly signing up for this service and not analyzing my statements more thoroughly - BUT isn't it interesting that so many others have had this same exact problem with Best Buy Debt Protection? Is it all just a coincidence - and are we all just ignorant people who can't manage their accounts? I believe this Debt Protection is set up in a way to do exactly what it has done to me. To take money from people. Upon doing all of the electronic sign-up for the account, it's convenient to sign up for paperless statements - and if you don't watch closely, they will slip and extra charge in there for you.
    For all new account holders - or if you are considering becoming an account holder - BE CAREFUL! Once they take your money they will have no sympathy for your situation, regardless of what it is.

    Hello edgars-
    Credit cards can definitely be a double-edged sword.  While at times they allow for greater economic freedoms, they also can cause untold headaches as well.  I’m sorry to hear that in this instance, the account protection service on your Best Buy credit card is the cause.
    Depending on how long ago you applied for your Best Buy credit card, the option to opt out or in for account protection would either have been a check box on the application or a sign off on the keypad in the store.  It’s disappointing to hear that at the time you applied, this particular section was not pointed out to you to make you aware of what you were agreeing to with the card.
    As you’ve stated, while the Best Buy logo is on the card, Citibank, N.A. is the issuer of the card and we don’t have access to your account to make any changes or refunds to it.  However, it is our goal to try assisting our customers with concerns regarding the Best Buy credit card.  If you can send me a Private Message with your full name, phone number, and mailing address, I will communicate this concern to them for review.  Generally they should contact you within 3-5 business days of when I submit this information to them.   Please keep in mind that I cannot guarantee any particular outcome from that review.
    You can send me a Private Message by logging into the forum and clicking on the button across from my name on this post.
    Thanks for connecting with us, 
    Bill|Senior Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
     Private Message

  • Have I Been Compromised? iYogi Scam!

    Hi
    I did a very stupid thing. In multitasking many issues I needed to talk to Belkin support. I googled them and without paying attention I clicked on the topmost (paid ad) link. Not paying attention I got typical bangalore? tech support. All I wanted was the question How do I log into a router password & ip address answered. The tech was their usually over polite self and said he would fix the issue.
    He said he would fix it remotely by logging into my system. Normally I would have said no way but I wasn't thinking. He downloaded a little app onto my system and was able to mess with my system. He needed a password for my router so I gave him one of my many lttle used ones. He kept putting me on hold while he "checked something" I was very careful to watch the screen though. He wanted to restart but I was in the middle of a download from adobe so I told him no. At the end  of about 5 minutes he started with a sales pitch of $459 and then took a drop to $169 for a service contract. When I refused and asked him who this company was he said iYogi and tried to convince me they were Belkin authorized TSupport.  When I refused to buy, he immediately forced my computer to reboot and then hung up. Upon restarting I noticed that Safari was trying to communicate/log in to something so I basically pulled the ethernet plug. I immediately changed all of my passwords regardless but I feel I may have something aboard my Macbook Pro
    1 weeek later my Facebook page is acting weird, loading as text only. When I ran disk repair it gave a time of 1 hour 19 minutes but the bar never moved. Kept seeing Java repairs and some other stuff but when I finally checked permissions had been completed. Decided to run again. This time it said 1 hour 12 minutes but again the progress bar did not change. I did copy some of the Disk repair issues. Can anyone tell from this if it looks like I'm infected?
    Suggestions/Solutions welcomed.
    Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
    Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/UIAgent.nib", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are -rw-r--r-- .
    Repaired "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Support/Rem ote Desktop Message.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/UIAgent.nib".
    Thanks
    Enio
    ps There is a page on the internet about iYogi scam that appears to be made by them singing their praises and blaming  in order to reassure people who think they might have been scammed

    Very distressing:
    My recent experience involved stumbling across iyogi when i was in a panick after my computer played up.  Thought iyogi was with Apple as that's how it presented in their ad.  I allowed them into my computer.  All seemed fine at first.  They downloaded Mackeeper which showed the bad shape my computer was in.  Then came the fee options (1, 2 or 3 yr) ranging from $330 up to nearly $600.  I agreed to take the one year and when it was time to pay, they provided a screen for putting in your details.  I said to the guy I did not feel comfortable about providing my details on that form and asked if they had P-Pal.  He questioned why I would want to use P-Pal and I told him it is the safest way to do transactions as that's what the ads say on TV.  He argued that P-Pal is not safe.  I still would not agree to putting me details on the form so he put me through to someone on the phone instead and I gave them my Amex card details.  Then they said it wouldn't process as the lines went down and asked if I had another credit card.  I got a really bad feeling and told them I did not feel comfortable about giving any further credit card information.  They convinced me it was safe and said it would be totally secure if I entered using the keypad of my phone instead of just giving them the number.  They said the payment went through and the guy said he was just going to do some tests on my computer.  I noticed that they put my on hold and did not talk to me while testing which I thought was strange as whenever Apple has helped me remotely they are always communicating with you while their doing things, telling you what they are doing step by step.  He was in there for a long time.  A screen came up that seemed to have historical data on it.  He then finally came back to me and said he was just going to put me through to another guy who was going to fix the problem.  By this stage I had been on the phone for nearly one hour.  He put me through to the other guy and the first thing this guy said to me was "what's your mother's maiden name?"  Right then I knew this was definately dodgy.  I asked him what he needed the name for and he said it was for security purposes,.  I argued how it could be when i've never given them my mother's name for any reason since being on the phone.  When he said that, I told him I no longer wished to go ahead with the service and that I wanted my card refunded.  He tried placating me, saying it's ok, there's nothing to worry about and telling me to calm down.  The more he talked the more panicked I became.  I demanded he reverse the transaction on my credit card. I demanded he get out of my computer and I told him I sensed the company is dodgy and that I was concerned that they have stolen my personal information.  He kept pressing me to continue, until I screamed at him that I will be calling my bank straight away to cancel all of my credit cards and to change all of my banking details AND that I was going to contact the Australian Federal Police to report their company.  He finally put me through to someone he said would reverse the transaction.  It was a woman and she too asked me for my mother's maiden name "for security purposes."  I just screamed at this woman.  Told her my mother's maiden name is not relevant to anything and that I wanted my credit card refunded.  Unbelievable she kept going on and on and on trying to press me to continue with the service and transaction.  It was not until she heard me talking to someone on my other phone (talking to my bank) and she asked who I was talking to, I told her it is my bank and now the bank person on the phone will be witness to the fact that you are refusing to reverse the transaction on a service I decided I didn't want.  With the bank hearing everything I told this woman I would be cancelling all banking details and changing everything and reporting their company to the police....... It was ONLY then that she agreed to reverse the transaction. 
    My computer is 5.5 years old.  I have decided to purchase a new one because I simply could never feel safe using that computer again.
    Very distressing.

  • Scam Another Robo-call claiming to be VZW

    Be careful people Phone calls have been going out from a scammer claiming that if you log onto www.my45verizon.com you can get a 45.00 credit on your bill, THIS IS A SCAM A ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS TO YOUR VZW INFORMATION.................... BEWARE ... numbers showing in Caller ID 800-922-0204 be wary of anyone asking for your VZW information online and in emails VZW will never ask you for information like this as they ALREADY HAVE IT...... So if VZW wanted to give you a credit, gift, discount or anything like that they would more then likely do so in the REAL VZW CUSTOMER PORTAL........

    "We" are not going to stop it, and as long as people fall for it, scammers will continue to try it.  All "we" can do is not respond, not get scammed ourselves, and warn others. 
    It's not just Verizon that's targeted, either.  Go to http://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/  and search for any of the cell carriers - or just about any company.  Scammers keep at it because it works often enough to make it worth their while to continue. 

  • SDN blog on PI used by SCAM site

    Hello SDN,
    I wanted to share some interesting discovery I made recently. I was goggling for how to implement EDIFACT interface in SAP PI (Process Integrator). And found following site:
    http://www.xmlconverters.com/customers/sap-review.html
    I read it and found it quite useful, as it described almost full solution to what I need. Still there was one thing that confused me. They were offering to buy some sort of  software for one thousand euros, that I sort of need. Still I could not see in solution how is this software exactly used.
    Then i looked in SDN for solution and found this excellent blog:
    /people/ricardoandres.maienza/blog/2007/04/06/edifact-to-xml--stylus-studio-solution
    Guess what? That SCAM site has copied SDN blog and replaced:
    In detail the objective of this web log is to describe how to process an EDIFACT message inside XI, using “Stylus Studio” solution.
    with
    In summary, the objective of this blog posting is to describe how to process an EDIFACT message inside SAP XI, using the “DataDirect XML Converters” solution.
    to trick people buying their crap-ware.
    So guys be careful !!!
    Regards,
    Reinis

    It is just copy&paste ;D
    That web site says that he is the author.
    But I would bet that author himself has never ever heard of this site.
    And solution described in blog has nothing to do with "DataDirect XML Converters", whatever they are.
    Reinis

  • SDN blog used by SCAM site

    Hello SDN,
    I wanted to share some interesting discovery I made recently. I was goggling for how to implement EDIFACT interface in SAP PI (Process Integrator). And found following site:
    http://www.xmlconverters.com/customers/sap-review.html
    I read it and found it quite useful, as it described almost full solution to what I need. Still there was one thing that confused me. They were offering to buy some sort of  software for one thousand euros, that I sort of need. Still I could not see in solution how is this software exactly used.
    Then i looked in SDN for solution and found this excellent blog:
    /people/ricardoandres.maienza/blog/2007/04/06/edifact-to-xml--stylus-studio-solution
    Guess what? That SCAM site has copied SDN blog and replaced:
    In detail the objective of this web log is to describe how to process an EDIFACT message inside XI, using “Stylus Studio” solution.
    with
    In summary, the objective of this blog posting is to describe how to process an EDIFACT message inside SAP XI, using the “DataDirect XML Converters” solution.
    to trick people buying their crap-ware.
    So guys be careful !!!
    Regards,
    Reinis

    Re: SDN blog on PI used by SCAM site
    Posted: Apr 1, 2011 9:20 PM     in response to: Farooq Farooqui          
         Edit                          Reply
    http://www.truthlite.com/guest-post-debt-settlement-scams/trackback/
    Hubert Devon and Alex Jensen are the guys on Bryce 'scam site here..
    THERE COPY PASTE!

  • "74 verizon" scam alert

    Beware! I had a call to my cell phone saying that I had won $74.00 and I needed to go to "74verizon.com" to claim it. The web address exists, and it looks just like Verizon -- it even has all the links to other parts of Verizon's website -- but the login screen is on 74verizon.com which is NOT Verizon. It's a scam site phishing for your login credentials.
    The phone number that called was 800-922-5534, if it helps.

    I got the same call today -  from the main Tech Support number programmed into my contacts: 800-922-0204.  I thought it was hard to spoof a phone number, so I went to the site (37verizon.com).  I saw all legitimate links to Verizon's website, which I thought may be easy to recreate.  I almost put in my credentials, but then I wondered why Verizon wouldn't just put something like this on their "verizonwireless.com" site.  That's when I thought I should check again.  There doesn't seem to be many search results for this scam yet.  Be careful! Don't submit your creds unless you're 110% sure it's legitimate!

  • Does anyone know if this is legit or a scam?

    Dear Client,
    Online Access activation. We require you to complete an account update so we can
    confirm your new account information.
    TO START THE UPDATE PROCESS CLICK HERE
    If you fail to provide the required information your account will be automatically
    deleted from Our online database.
    Regards,
    Apple Customer Service

    This sort of email has been occuring for the past month or two...it is a phishing scam and you should not respond.  If you check carefully the spelling in the response link you will most likely find one of more misspelled words.

  • Scam: plugin Andromeda -PHOTO-TILER- for photoshop --be aware--

    to everyone out there playing with the idea to purchase plug-ins.
    i just got scammed / coned by Andromeda,   into buying a plug-in that doesn't work at all with photoshop and the company very smartly hides those little facts so hidden , that you will fall into the trap of buying it before you realise that it will only work with older indesign software , and that is  indesgin cs 2 at that  , and not even indesign 3 or 4.
    it gets even worse..... more catastrophic,..if you have cs 4 , then cs2 indesign will not work anymore anyway, since cs 4 will delete cs 2 serial numbers from your computer ....
    its the photo-tiler from andromeda i am talking about.  a whopping 79,00 $ later , and a escrutiating 31 days later , the owner finally responds to my complaint, and had nothing more to say than , the 30 day return money guarantee is over ....
    so i got scammed on about 4 levels here....
    i think anyone out there considering Andromeda plug-ins should be careful ,..very careful,....
    akos photography

    On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:38:40 -0800, [email protected] wrote in
    <[email protected]>:
    >hey that's neat but what can you do with them ? I noticed double
    >clicking on a file saved in this format from ' My pictures '
    >automatically opens the windows print wizard. Also noticed it seems to
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