by Matt Logan | Aug 23, 2018 | Computer Security, Scam Alerts, Tech Notes
I was recently contacted (via an online platform) by a person I had known for close to 30 years. He was telling me about a HUD program where citizens could apply to receive cash (up to 150,000), and were not obligated to pay it back. I was puzzled as on the one hand... 
by Matt Logan | Aug 14, 2018 | Scam Alerts, Accounts Payable
IDNS is a supposed technology company that sends businesses unsolicited invoices (they refer to them as only as notifications although they look like an invoice) for domain registrations and other services. The invoiced services (example shown below) are... 
by Matt Logan | Jul 31, 2018 | Scam Alerts, Computer Operations
I received a call today from a call center in India. I know it was a call center because I could hear countless other people in the background. The woman on the other end of the phone claimed to be a representative from Microsoft. She claimed that there was a... 
by Matt Logan | Jul 26, 2018 | Computer Security, Scam Alerts, Tech Notes
By now most everyone has heard about one or more of the data breeches that have occurred at Adobe, Equifax, LinkedIn, Stratfor, and others. In many cases, after a company has it’s data compromised, the data often makes it onto the ‘dark’ web where it... by Matt Logan | Jul 25, 2018 | Accounts Payable, Scam Alerts
For many years I have received fake RFQs and purchase orders through e-mail. Usually they are obvious fakes written in poor English and with few embellishments. Opening my mail this morning however I found one that is more sophisticated (shown below). In this example...