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Beware of mobile phone scam – claim 3750 for the Accident You Had

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Ken Seymour

All our phones regularly receive interesting texts offering us specific amount of money for an accident , strangely the amount is always 3750 pounds. it goes like this: FREEMSG: Our records indicate you may be entitled to 3750 pounds for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged IT questions, malware, Mobile phone, premium rate number, protect data, scam, source of anxiety, spammers, text mesage | 2 Comments

HMRC tax rebate could be a scam!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Ken Seymour

As you have probably heard in the news, many people are and will be receiving letters that may give them a tax rebate, or inform them they owe the HMRC money. As with all such public schemes, there is a criminal … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged ask ken, data loss, email security, HMRC, internet security, IT questions, phishing, protect data, source of anxiety, tax | Leave a comment

Are you being careless with your customer’s data?

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Ken Seymour

You could lose £500,000 if you are careless with your customers data. The government has lost a LOT of personal data, we have all heard about the CD’s that went missing with 1000’s of records on them, but what about your … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged Act!, damage or distress, data breach, data protection act, data safe, encrypted, firewall, flash drives, government, illegal content, illegal file sharing, Information Commissioner, internet security, lost data, malware, malware protection, million pounds, missing cds, personal devices, Sage, ScanSafe, spam lists | Leave a comment

How secure is your internet connection?

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Ken Seymour

Is your internet connection secure? Are you worried about people logging on to the internet using your connection? Is your internet connection secure? Approximately 80% of businesses that lose data through fire or other disasters go out of business within … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged data stolen, google, google street view, hacked, internet banking hacked, internet security, ISPreview, lose data, Mark Jackson, secure internet, security feature, spammers, street view, vital information, wireless network, wireless points | Leave a comment

What’s the point of spam?

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Ken Seymour

What do you do with spam emails? I’m often asked ‘”what’s the point of spam emails? Spammers don’t just want to annoy you or disable your computer. What they really want is to get their nasty little viruses and malware … Continue reading →

Posted in Security | Tagged anti-malware, auto preview, AVG, Bank Holiday, delete it, DON'T click, IT secret, KTS Crowd, malware, Norton, partying, security software, social engineering, Sophos, spam, spammers, suspicious, Twitter, viruses | Leave a comment

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Beware of mobile phone scam – claim 3750 for the Accident You Had

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