This past week I received an email from one of you sharing a caution about a new phishing scheme:
Scammers, posing as a well-known tech company, send a phony invoice showing that you have purchased some music or apps from them. The email tells you to click on a link if you didn't authorize the purchase. Do not click on the link! It is the scammers attempt to get some of your personal information.
Interested in more information about this scheme? Check out this page.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Print Friendly
Do you ever wish you could print a webpage or even download it to your computer without all the extraneous stuff/ads on the page? If so, bookmark this website for future use - https://www.printfriendly.com
PrintFriendly takes all the extra "stuff" off a webpage and creates a print friendly page. Just copy the URL of the page you want to print and paste it into the field on this website. You can preview your document before printing, and you can also create a PDF to download to your computer.
This service works better for some websites than others, but for a "free" service, it works pretty well. Just give it a try!
Have a GREAT Tuesday!
PrintFriendly takes all the extra "stuff" off a webpage and creates a print friendly page. Just copy the URL of the page you want to print and paste it into the field on this website. You can preview your document before printing, and you can also create a PDF to download to your computer.
This service works better for some websites than others, but for a "free" service, it works pretty well. Just give it a try!
Have a GREAT Tuesday!
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Create a "junk" email address for creating online accounts
When signing up for something online, do you get asked if you'd like to sign in using your Facebook account or your Google account? Don't do it.
When creating an online account consider using a "junk" email address. A "junk" email address is one that you create specifically for signing up for offers online. It is different than your regular email address so that your regular Inbox does not get filled with spam or unwanted advertisements.
How do you get a "junk" email address? Simply go to mail.google.com and create a new email address specifically for this purpose (or any of the other providers - Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) You don't need to feel obligated to check this email account ever.......unless you get curious about the types of emails that are being sent there. :-)
Caution - If you are signing up for an account that you want to receive notifications from go ahead and use your personal email address (credit cards, banks, online retailers, etc.) You don't want to miss out on those types of communication!
Have a GREAT Tuesday!
When creating an online account consider using a "junk" email address. A "junk" email address is one that you create specifically for signing up for offers online. It is different than your regular email address so that your regular Inbox does not get filled with spam or unwanted advertisements.
How do you get a "junk" email address? Simply go to mail.google.com and create a new email address specifically for this purpose (or any of the other providers - Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) You don't need to feel obligated to check this email account ever.......unless you get curious about the types of emails that are being sent there. :-)
Caution - If you are signing up for an account that you want to receive notifications from go ahead and use your personal email address (credit cards, banks, online retailers, etc.) You don't want to miss out on those types of communication!
Have a GREAT Tuesday!