Your Facebook account may or may not have been hacked. If you are not sure, you should immediately change your Facebook password and then scroll through your activity (messages, posts, etc.) to make sure there’s no strange activity on your account. If you can log in without an issue and everything looks normal, then you may not have been not… Read more →
Category: Scam Alerts
Scam Alert – Web Envy
I received a couple of inquires from clients in regards to a bogus invoice faxed to them from a company called Web Envy. By the way, who faxes anymore? Both invoices were for SEO/Link Building services for $98.57. Unlike the Domain Slamming scam, there is no fine print stating, “this is a solicitation”. This was sent like a regular invoice… Read more →
SCAM ALERT: 9740 Directories
In 2014, a GoDaddy phishing spam started showing up in people’s inboxes stating “Your account contains more than 9740 directories and may pose a potential performance risk to the server.” It then asks to reduce the number of directories for your account to prevent account deactivation. It provides a link to click on to resolve the issue. Today, it appears to come from… Read more →
Recognizing Domain Slamming
Your website doesn’t have a name. It’s just a bunch of files that make up the structure of your website. Domain names are web addresses used to communicate on the Internet. Once you register an available domain name, you can use it as your website address or as an email address. Your domain name must be pointed to where your… Read more →