Tip #3917 - A Couple of Warnings
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Couple of Warnings
Here are a couple
of quick warnings for you. I thought they were very important for you
all to know about, but I also didn't want to go full fledged on them,
so here are just some brief descriptions about the two safety hazards.
This tip will at least give you enough information to avoid any problems
you may encounter in the future. Here we go!
Warning #1
- A New Scam
Just recently, the
FBI has issued a warning about a new scam that everyone should be aware
of. This new scam does not work by preying on the recipients’ greed,
but instead, it's set out to scare them. Within this scam, the sender
claims to be a hired assassin out to kill the recipient. The sender wants
the recipient to pay them thousands of dollars or they will be killed.
So far, there have been about 100 complaints filed with the FBI’s
Internet Crime Complaint Center since this scam emerged, which was around
December of last year.
Special Agent John
Hambrick who runs the Internet Crime Complaint Center stated, “This
is a hoax, so do yourself a favor and don’t respond.” When
the recipient responds to any scam, it tells the senders that the e-mail
address is real and from there, they can go forth and possibly make some
money off of that person. Now, I know this sounds scary, but don't panic.
If you receive one of these e-mails, file a complaint with the Internet
Crime Complaint Center and just simply, do not respond to the e-mail.
Remember, you should never respond to an e-mail unless you know exactly
who the sender is. Just use common sense and keep an eye out for this
type of thing. If you do that, you'll be just fine!
Warning #2
- Gateway Battery Recall
The Gateway computer
company recently announced a voluntary recall of around 14,000 lithium-ion
type battery packs that were shipped out as a primary or spare battery
pack for Gateway 400VTX and 450ROG series notebook computers. They were
sold from May 2003 to August 2003. Even though it's been so long, Gateway
stated that they are recalling the battery packs, because they are at
risk of overheating and creating a potential fire hazard. Gateway has
not commented on who manufactured the batteries at this time.
There you go. Stay
safe, my WorldStart friends!
~ Jack William
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