Tag Archive 'scam'

Twitter phishing scam: Not so Tweet

dan tynan on Jan 05 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Web 2.0

No matter how nice your Net neighborhood is, eventually the scum of the earth will move in next door. And so it goes with Twitter.
The Twitteratti are all atwitter about a phishing scam that hit over the weekend. The phishing tweets came in the form of direct messages – essentially private texts only Twitter friends [...]

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Medical Identity Theft Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

dan tynan on Sep 19 2008 | Filed under: Identity Theft, Privacy, Womans Health Mag

When your medical identity is stolen, you may experience pain both fiscal and physical. Here’s how to avoid becoming a victim and recover quickly if you do.
A version of this story appears in the October issue of Women’s Health, which you can find online here, along with a strangely tongue-in-cheek photo (pun intended). What follows [...]

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