If you receive a letter in the mail that advertises a free Android tablet computer, it is a scam. The letter states you can keep the Android tablet after you answer a short list of questions about the tablet. What this company is trying to do is harvest data about you. They more than likely will try to up sell you to a different Android tablet or a vacation package or some other shit. If you say no they will disqualify you from receiving the...
FBI warning / Greendot MoneyPak infection on your computer.
In the past two days I have seen the same infection hit two different computer users. The infection causes a fake message to be displayed on your screen. The message appears to be from the FBI, but when you start to look at it you can easily tell it is fake. The message displays a way for you to send payment using Greendot MoneyPak. Greendot MoneyPak can be found at Walmart, CVS, Kmart, 7 Eleven, and Walgreens. It is a payment system where you...
Robocall advertising using bots that crawl websites are happening
So today I received a phone call from 206-397-1419 that caller ID identified as Seattle, WA. I picked up the phone and it was some tool on a recording trying to sell me something. I always hang up immediately when I receive these calls as I don’t want to waste one second of my life listening to their stupid recordings. The interesting thing about this time is that I immediately received another phone call on a different phone from the...
Microsoft Windows Vista / 7 worn off cert (COA) scam on laptops
Microsoft has changed the way they make Windows COA stickers over the years and I’m not happy about it. Windows certificate of authenticity (COA) sticker is a sticker that is placed on a computer and goes along with the operating system that was installed when you first bought it. This very important sticker has a one of a kind unique group of numbers and letters on it. There are a total of twenty five numbers and letters on the COA. There...
Beware of askpcwizards.com cold calling you – scam alert
If you were an auto mechanic and someone called you on your phone and claimed there were problems with your car, what would you think about that? Let’s say this person had you walk out to your car and look under the hood. Then over the phone he tried to point things out to you that were in bad shape. Then to top it off (if cars could plug into the internet) he wanted you to allow him to access your car remotely. Sounds like fun...