Oct 28, 2020 | Scams & Spoofs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Spam
Almost all businesses get the usual spam SEO (Search Engine Optimization) phone calls and emails. Recently, one of our web clients took a spammer’s SEO phone call. As a result of such calls, she emailed us. Her concerns prompted this article. She expressed a lot...
Dec 12, 2019 | Domain Names, Email, Q & A, Scams & Spoofs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Spam, Web Hosting, WordPress
Even though advertising is essential for any business, a referral from another client is usually the best. The staff here have decades of networking and experience with other businesses in the community. Please think of CharlesWorks as your trusted business resource....
Oct 1, 2013 | Email, Scams & Spoofs
Last month we talked about the mysterious (to most people anyway) CLOUD. Although we’ve heard tons about it to date, it is worth reminding ourselves of one of the worst problems lurking in every Internet nook and crabby: MALWARE. There are many common internet...
Apr 1, 2013 | Scams & Spoofs, Spam, Technical Help, WordPress
We’ve been extremely busy over the past year and haven’t gotten our newsletter out as often as we’d have liked to. We are sending this particular one out to let you know about ongoing attacks on the Internet, the most recent of which have been...
Jun 1, 2011 | Email, Scams & Spoofs
Just as “follow-up” is a key ingredient in business success – it is showing to be a key ingredient in successful phishing and other fraudulent activities as well. This short story came from a friend in the corporate setting. With the ease and...
Apr 1, 2011 | Scams & Spoofs, Technical Help
“A 2010 study by Google found in excess of 11,000 domains hosting fake anti-virus software, accounting for 50% of all malware delivered via internet advertising.” The Fake Antivirus Software or Fake Virus Detection Software Scams If you go anywhere on the...
Jan 1, 2010 | Email, Scams & Spoofs
Scammers are getting more clever in ways to scare people into providing personal information. Here is a recent example: Subject: WELCOME TO WEB MAIL!!! WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR MAIL From: Web Mail <xyz@rocketmail.com> Sent: Dec 27, 2009 10:50:58 AM Reply-To:...
