BAJAN SUN
Bajan Sun Magazine
MAY 2014
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* If you get a message from your bank or eBay about a problem with your account, it’s probably a “phishing” scam. It’s a fake, designed to lure you into typing your name and password so the bad guys can have it. Delete it. If you’re concerned, visit the institution’s Web
site in your browser by typing in its address (like Citibank.com) — not by clicking the link
in e-mail.
* Before you pass on any amazing item you get by e-mail—Obama’s a Muslim, the bubble
boy wants greeting cards, the Nieman-Marcus $400 cookie recipe — first check it out at
Snopes.com, the world clearinghouse for Internet scams and rumors.
* If a blue underlined link shows up in an e-mail message, you can mouse over it without
clicking to see what Web site it plans to open.
* If you get a message from someone you know that relates a horror story about being
mugged in England (and needing you to wire money immediately), delete it. It’s a popular
scam — even if it’s the correct e-mail address of someone you know.
* File too big to send by e-mail? Then use yousendit.com or transferbigfiles.com. You can
transmit huge files, using the site as a free intermediary parking space.
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