The Brushing Scam: Beware of Deliveries You Didn’t Order There is a relatively new Amazon package scam called ‘brushing’ that you may not have heard about. The brushing scam involves receiving packages from Amazon you didn’t order. You may wonder why you’re getting packages you didn’t order and didn’t pay for, but if you do… Read More »
Beware of This New Google Search Scam This is a new scam that appears when your browser and you click a link on an affected page. It may also appear when you change pages within a site. And it may also seemingly appear out of nowhere. When you see it, we want you to know it’s… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #869 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #869, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, June 5, 2020, at approximately 10:20 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Our Take on VPNs and Privacy Services Most of us want some kind of magic bullet that will keep you safe online, protect you from scams, and keep your activities on the web private. And we know that many of you are seeing advertisements for VPNs on TV and the Internet. The acronym VPN stands for… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #864 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #864, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, May 1, 2020, at approximately 9:00 AM, Eastern Daylight Time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Identity Crimes — The Most Common Schemes Our continuing mission is to keep you safe. And keeping you safe means keeping you informed. While researching another article, we found a very well-written, comprehensive article on identity crimes and identity theft from Utica College. It’s written in a way so that you don’t need to be a… Read More »