Would you like to get the word out on your channel? One way we're doing it now is to do what is called "Pinging Weblogs". There's a new kid on the block and it's more than weblogs. It's what's called a meta-pinger. Just like there are search engines that allow you to search multiple search engines, Ping-O-Matic allows you to ping multiple locations from one site.
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Has your computer been running slower lately? Does is seem like your harddisk is constantly humming? You may be an unwilling spammer. Seems like one of my domains, ebizworks.net, is the target of a spammer again. This happened about 6 months ago, but that time it was more of a hassle. The way I noticed was when I started receiving hundreds of bounced emails.
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CitiBank has been a target of attempts to acquire credit card information from naive victims. I've received 3 attempts so far in the month of June. The first one came it with the subject "! - Citibank's Offical Notice", the next "your account in Citibank", and this final one "Activate Bill Pay".
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It's getting to be almost funny to read the latest of the scam attempts. This one came in an email that was personalized and even the dead person has my same last name:
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SUBJECT: SPECIAL REQUEST!!! Jim Gray
FROM Barr. PHILIP FADAYA.
Dear Jim Gray,
I am Barrister PHILIP FADAYA, a solicitor at law,personal attorney to Mr.J.A Gray,a national Of your country, who used to work with Shell Development Company in Republic of Togo. Here in after shall be referred to as my client."
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