My survival guide, such as it is, was inspired by this article by Mark Eckenwiler, who used Small Claims Court to tweak the nose of a telemarketer.
This article was written by Mark Eckenwiler, a lawyer in the Washington DC area and contains his copyright. His original article is located here. However, in case he changes ISPs or www.panix.com goes belly-up, I've made a copy here.
Caveat Emptor is Latin for Let the buyer beware, and Cave Canem is Beware of Dog. I find this, and TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) appropriate phrases to keep in mind in the modern age of spam and Phishing.
In short, as so many have said, If it's too good to be true, then it probably is. (I wish I knew who to attribute that to.)
The online site
http://securityfocus.com is a good place to stay
abreast of the latest threats and scams (even if the latest uses the
good old techniques that have hoodwinked people for ages.) In
particular, the following articles have caught my eye:
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The article was also published in
The Register, http://www.theregister.co.uk
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Scareware, as the name suggests, is a product that is sold by heightening and playing on your fears of something such as computer viruses, terrorists, ecological collapse, the government, your neighbor, or your sibling. In discussions involving computers, it's usually software of some sort.
Current scareware in the news:
from: The Register
Posted in Security, 24th December 2008 20:48 GMT
A federal judge has fined a Belize-based company $8,000 for each day it continues to flout his order to halt a major internet operation alleged to have duped more than 1 million computer users into buying bogus malware protection.
This is becoming my daily bookmark page.
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