A clever little spoof site having a little dig at Microsoft. You may start seeing references to ‘Microsoft Firefox’ with very sincere icons and even box shots. Check it out at http://www.msfirefox.com/ Gotta love the time and effort that goes into spoofs like this with lines like: “delivers a dramatic boost in the download […]
How to make free overseas phone calls from the USA Update: Futurephone’s service is offline at present. It seems other phone companies have blocked access to FuturePhone’s access number. You can check out their web site to see when/if the service resumes. Futurephone has been getting a bit of publicity, boasting that people in the […]
About those messages from MySpace users. One of the more recent phishing campaigns impersonates the Myspace web site. If you see messages with a subject like: “New message from [name] on MySpace … “ it is trying to trick you into clicking on the link. The messages have nothing to do with Myspace or any […]
Survey shows those stock tip emails actually work. One of the more common uses of spam is to promote a particular stock in an effort to boost the price via these false disclosures. This trick was especially popular during the Internet stock boom when people were eager to get in on the next big thing. […]
Spam has several meanings. The producer of the canned pork product Spam has lost a bid to stop companies using the word ‘Spam’ as a nickname for unwanted email. The name ‘Spam’ originally meant ‘Spiced Ham’ back in 1937 when Hormel Foods Corp. started the product. In the 70’s Spam became part of pop culture […]
