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<title>Official Hyundai Site gives up ALL YOUR PRIVATE INFORMATION!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[So I got a message in the mail today.... my Hyundai may be have to be recalled of this and that or another.

They print a big personalized URL on the back of the card:

firstnamelastname.hyundairecallupdate.com

So I type it in my browser..... and BOOM up comes my name, my car, my VIN NUMBER!!, my address information, my phone number.

Sooo.... I think that's scary.

So I type in johnsmith.hyundairecallupdate.com - Boom I got all of his information, including VIM number.

This is southern california, so I type in josehernandez in front of the URL..... same thing, ALL private information is known to me.

So in a nutshell, you know someone's NAME and he/she drives a Hyundai, possibly only in Southern California because both of those were local addresses..... UP COMES EVERYTHING!!

WTF?
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<pubDate>2009-11-25 20:45:31</pubDate>
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<title>IRS Notification - Tax Refund</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Many of you have probably already seen something like this however this is the first one I have seen.  What makes me suspicious of this one is: (a) its from service@irs-refund.com, (b) I don't think the IRS sends messages like this, (c) the attachment asks for information (such as CC# and CVV2) that the IRS would never ask for.

From: service@irs.gov (service@irs-refund.com)&#012;Sent: Sat 11/28/09 5:46 AM&#012;To: (Unknown)&#012;Subject: IRS Notification - Tax Refund&#012;Attachments: Verification-Form.htm (30.4 KB)&#012; &#012;After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that&#012;you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $648.50.&#012;Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to process it.&#012; &#012;A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.&#012;For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.&#012; &#012;Please submit the form attached to your email in order to finish your tax refund&#012; &#012; &#012;Note: For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and time.&#012;Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated.&#012; &#012; &#012;Regards,&#012;Internal Revenue Service&#012; &#012; &#012; &#012;Copyright 2009, Internal Revenue Service U.S.A. All rights reserved.&#012;
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<pubDate>2009-11-28 16:02:20</pubDate>
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<title>[Scam] Cruise line mail?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22394486</link>
<description><![CDATA[Check out this garbage that came in the snailbox today..

This certainly looks too good to be true, so I'm skeptical about it..

Has anyone gotten mail like this with the same layout and look before?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-05-15 14:18:26</pubDate>
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<title>[Scam] Anthony Morrison/Hidden Millionaires Infomercial</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20611890</link>
<description><![CDATA[After seeing one of Anthony's infomercials on a cable TV
station earlier today, I thought I would try to find out 
more about it. Since most money making schemes hawked mainly
through infomercials are scams, I had no doubt that Hidden
Millionaires fell into this same category. I wanted to know
what he was trying to get suckers to bite onto.

When you go to one of his seminars, you soon find out that
you have to pay $3995.00 for a system to buy adwords online
to generate leads for credit card companies. And you are told
you have to buy into the system then and there - you aren't
given a few days to think about it. This is typical of scams
that employ high pressure sales tactics. Some more info on 
Yahoo Answers:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080225100324AA9Yb2f

It sounds like the only one making money off Hidden
Millionaires is Anthony Morrison.
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<title>A little freaky, not sure if its legit.</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23386329</link>
<description><![CDATA[So, I checked my spam folder of one of my email accounts before logging off for the night and noticed an email with the subject "Re: Job Application". 

Having sent out quite a few job applications on the internet lately, I thought best to open it up just in case. 

The following was the email:


Hi,

Thank you for sending your resume to me. So the job responsibilities are clear, you will be answering the phone, scheduling meetings, and running company errands such as buying office supplies and making bank deposits, in a company car.  When running errands you will be provided with a company credit card to make supply purchases, etc.

We have had some bad experiences with prior employees taking advantage of having access to a company credit card in the past, so before we can schedule an interview, we need you to get a credit check. We prefer you use http://www.pivcorp.com/CreditCheck to obtain this information as they currently have a free trial. We have also found their reports most accurate.
When you submit your information they will send you your credit score.
When you email me your credit score, we can schedule for an interview. Please do not email me your credit report, as this may have private information in it. Just send me your credit score. If you have a low credit score, that will not prevent you from having an interview with us, but it does show us that you are trustworthy and responsible.

Please send me your schedule with availability for an interview along with your credit score.
I am looking forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Jane Henderson
Telephone: +1 866 701 2062
Fax:            +1 866-929-4594
HR Manager
PIV Corporation Inc.
JaneHenderson@pivcorp.com

*If you are not interested in the job and do not wish to be contacted again, please reply with &#147;Not Interested&#148; without quotes in the subject line.


I keep a list of all jobs and places I have sent applications to so I can follow up appropriately with each for interviews and such.  I have no record of ever contacting this company and I am absolutely sure I never sent my r&eacute;sum&eacute; to them.

Even stranger the website looks REALLY good.  The domain was created recently, according to samspade, but they may just be a new company.

The credit check website forwards to freecreditreport.com. I imagine there is a referral in place, as it forwards several times before hitting it.

What do you think?  Legit?  not so much?  

My vote is on NOT, since I never contacted them to begin with and I am absolutely positive they were not sent my r&eacute;sum&eacute; - well, by me anyway. :) 

If so, they have gone through extraordinary lengths with the website and such, based on what I have seen in the past, to get a referral credit.
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<pubDate>2009-11-23 22:13:01</pubDate>
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<title>scam by computer support company</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23401720</link>
<description><![CDATA[ www.onlinepcdoctors.com is a pseudo computer support company. they give cold calls and eat up your mind for taking their services. i dont know from where they get the nos? just avoid and ignore their calls. it will take you no where and hard earnd dollars would be wasted. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-27 06:11:32</pubDate>
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<title>Telemarketing Hell:  Heather&#x27;s back</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I thought she was dead and buried when an infamous telemarketer was arrested some time ago, but she's back with the same recorded message. Caller ID now says "Credit Service" and the number listed is 1-206-397-1902, which I am sure is faked.

Well, it was nice while it lasted.

mady
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<pubDate>2009-11-25 01:26:51</pubDate>
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<title>Shill Bidding on eBay: Case Study #2</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23015942</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shill Bidding on eBay: Case Study #2

Shining some light on the more sophisticated and therefore harder to detect shill bidding activity by some &#147;professional&#148; sellers on eBay auctions

Oh no, not another case study on shill bidding on eBay auctions? Yes, sorry, another one. This time a spreadsheet analysis of multiple auctions from some "professional" sellers from the US and Australia. Needless to say the analysis demonstrates, once again, that, contrary to eBay's claims, shill bidding by many &#147;professional&#148; sellers is rampant on eBay auctions. The full comment and spreadsheet download links at:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=24296]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-09-13 09:09:19</pubDate>
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<title>[Spam] Ralsky sentenced to 51 months in prison</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23389907</link>
<description><![CDATA[ quote:These past few days have seen some notable cyber justice cases: Late Monday, Alan M. Ralsky -- a man dubbed the "Godfather of Spam" -- was sentenced to 51 months in prison. And on Friday, a California man pleaded guilty in a case involving the sale of counterfeit high-tech computer parts to the U.S. military.

Ralsky, 64, of West Bloomfield, Mich., joined two co-conspirators in earning stiff prison sentences for long careers of blasting junk e-mail. Following more than four years in prison, Ralsky will be subject to five years of supervised release and will forfeit $250,000 the government seized from him in December 2007, the Justice Department said.


http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/11/spam_godfather_alan_ralsky_get.html
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<pubDate>2009-11-24 16:03:53</pubDate>
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