Ways to avoid being taken advantage of by spammers, scammers and ne’er-do-wells.
Today, I received a scam voicemail claiming there was an ‘urgent issue’ with my Google Business Profile. Here’s what it said — and how you can spot scams like this. Hey, this is Alan from the Business Help Center. Today is Monday, uh, the uh, the seventh. We’re having an urgent issue with your Google … Read more
I manage the Facebook pages for several clients and a few weeks ago, I noticed a massive influx of spam messages that say really frightening things, where the sender claims to be working for Facebook/Meta and sends a message to the Facebook page’s inbox saying that the Facebook page is going to be deleted, blocked, … Read more
Here’s an obnoxious email I get sometimes from spammers, and my clients do too. It comes from the “fake good samaritan” type sender who is claiming to have found something wrong with your website and is offering to fix it for free. It goes something like this: I was looking at your website and noticed … Read more
2023 Update: I took my own advice and filled out the form since I was a Zoom user. On 03/22/23 (exactly 444 days later), I received a check for almost $200 in the mail. I hope everyone reading this also filled out the form! Have you gotten an email like this one below? Claim Deadline … Read more
Here’s a new spam email that looks absolutely frightening, but is, indeed, completely fake. Have you gotten a message like this recently? Name: Rick WellmanEmail: rickwellman@intuit.com Hello,Your website or a website that your company hosts is infringing on a copyright-protected images owned by our company (intuit Inc.). Take a look at this report with the … Read more
Have you gotten an email like this below? Where some crazy person says that they’ve installed malware on your computer, hijacked your webcam and recorded you looking at pornography? This email is a frightening example of extortion, where the sender is claiming that they have proof of you doing something embarrassing, and says that you … Read more
Here’s a spam alert that a lot of our clients have gotten, but it’s interesting in that it’s not an email: it’s a printed letter that’s actually mailed to their place of business. As a courtesy to domain name holders, we are sending you this notification of the domain name registration that is due to … Read more
There’s a new phishing-type email that’s going out these days that has become so frequent I need to write an alert about it. My clients have gotten alerts like these so often, it’s become almost a weekly affair for me, where I see one of these emails come through a web form on the website, … Read more
Do you ever get those annoying calls saying “Press 1 to verify your Google listing?” I have many prospective clients who get those calls all… the… time… and aren’t sure what to do. Here’s a hint: you can ignore them, I promise. And here’s something you can actually do to make sure your “listing” is … Read more
I’ve gotten a ton of emails like this recently. From: Timothy Jenkins<Clarkson@minfigur.com> On: Thu, Apr 29, 9:55 AM (2 days ago) I am aware XXXXXXXX is one of your pass. Lets get directly to the point. Not a single person has compensated me to check about you. You may not know me and you are … Read more