Comments on: Holy moly we’ve got SPAM on our hands!! http://www.magsmacncheese.com/how-to-identify-internet-scams/ All the cheese that's fit to print Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:30:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris Stagg http://www.magsmacncheese.com/how-to-identify-internet-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-8091 chris Stagg Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:25:35 +0000 http://www.magsmacncheese.com/?p=412#comment-8091 thanks for the tips Margaret thanks for the tips Margaret

]]> By: happykatie http://www.magsmacncheese.com/how-to-identify-internet-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-7709 happykatie Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:07:56 +0000 http://www.magsmacncheese.com/?p=412#comment-7709 Great points! Another rule of thumb I use is the 'does it make me feel mildly icky / confused' question. The layout of the email, the color in their banner, a little blur to a logo image -- sometimes there are things that are 'just not right' that you can train your brain to catch. Weird or inconsistent fonts or occasional misspellings are dead giveaways too. It's those little things that can be a huge neon 'HEY I'M FAKE AND TOTALLY SCAMMING YOU' sign in a phishing scam. Boo hiss to spammers. Great points! Another rule of thumb I use is the 'does it make me feel mildly icky / confused' question. The layout of the email, the color in their banner, a little blur to a logo image — sometimes there are things that are 'just not right' that you can train your brain to catch.

Weird or inconsistent fonts or occasional misspellings are dead giveaways too. It's those little things that can be a huge neon 'HEY I'M FAKE AND TOTALLY SCAMMING YOU' sign in a phishing scam.

Boo hiss to spammers.

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