Phony Facebook emails

Email and Spam, Warnings

Another round of virus infesting emails directed at Facebook users (Facebook=the new Microsoft?).   I always see things like this in batches and this is about the fourth round of similar emails. Dear Facebook user, Due to Facebook policy changes, all Facebook users...

Spammers Exploit Member Directories

Email and Spam, Warnings

Recently a colleague of mine sent a flustered reaction about a solicitation she had received by email where the sender had said they received her address from “Such and Such” Chamber of Commerce.  She went on to say, she wasn’t even a member of that...

Hosting Company Clients Targetted by Scammers

Warnings

Recently I received a Phishing scam email that was written to target people who host websites with a popular hosting company (in this instance, HostGator clients). The email subject was “web hosting update” and read: “Due to the system maintenance,...

WordPress Update Recommendation & Virus Warning

Clients, Warnings

(The information is  from an email warning sent earlier this week to all our clients using the WordPress platform.  If you are a past YNot Web client from 2006 or later and did NOT receive this email, PLEASE contact us at 916-436-1638 to confirm whether this...

So many Phishing attempts, so little time

Email and Spam, Warnings

Just a heads up that another round of phishing is going around targeting Adwords customers.  If you get the following email, DELETE it- it contains links to NON-Google sites that are set up to extract your credit card information from you.  They are indiscriminately...