Let your old PC help save an animal

Let your old PC help save an animal
Let your old PC help save an animal Now you can get rid of that old desktop or laptop computer safely, securely and easily.  Plus you are helping the Lincoln County Humane Society at the same time and best of all it’s FREE.  Call Prompt Care today – drop off your old outdated machine, we'll completely…
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Is that a scam email?

Is that a scam email?
Yeah, probably.   That's your short answer.  But, if you want to get in the habit of being more confident about it, read on. Signs it's a scam: Bad grammar and poor spelling.  Most of these are coming from overseas from non-native English speakers. "Click here to update your account info" - real emails know…
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Beware that internet-enabled devices can stop working anytime

Beware that internet-enabled devices can stop working anytime
Eye-Fi makes clever wifi hotspots in the shape of SD cards; your camera sees them as SD cards but you can mount them on your network and automatically feed the images captured by your camera to a nearby laptop. But to make all this work with some models, you need an account on "Eye-Fi Center,"…
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Installing a credit card skimmer takes much less time than I’d have guessed

Installing a credit card skimmer takes much less time than I’d have guessed
The page I'm linking to includes a video where two scammers distract the checkout clerk and the third takes *maybe* one second to install a credit card skimmer on top of the existing transaction device.  He then double checks it, taking another second or two. Incredible...and incredibly scary. http://gizmodo.com/it-takes-these-brazen-thieves-just-seconds-to-install-a-1765447063
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