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Fake Reviews & The Google Play Store
The Fair Credit Reporting Act ensures that Americans are granted a free credit report from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion once every twelve months. If you are fortunate enough not to encounter a...
View ArticleGoogle update to software downloads
Google has a policy update on the way which is sure to impact the monsters that target vulnerable audiences with a myriad of deceptive downloads. Dear AdWords Advertiser, We’re writing to let you know...
View ArticleFarming Credit Cards with Robo Dialing
What better way to steal a credit card than to simply ask nicely for it. I recently received an automated call on my cell phone from an unknown number which basically started like this “Hello, we are...
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On Ad Procurement Delays
We already know that the online advertising ecosystem consists of advertisers and publishers that are bound together via advertising networks. Publishers have the content along with the users and...
View ArticleUS Senate & the Tech Support Scam
Running a Tech Support scam? Based in India? Think you’re safe? Think again. Senator Susan M. Collins “According to Microsoft, these computer tech support scams cost Americans an estimated $1.5 billion...
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The Refund Scam
As always, please note that the intention of the “Fraudster on the Roof” series is for readers to learn and think about how to better detect fraud, not to improve how they implement it. The...
View ArticleThird Party Advertising
“Don’t do it.” That’s my advice to any network entertaining the notion of third party advertisers. The simple fact of the matter is that when you on board third party advertisers you’re putting your...
View ArticleAmazon Third Party Ads Cont.
An anonymous reader wrote to me in order to point out that finding a single bad ad on a massive site like Amazon is not worth noting purely because of how much traffic passes through it. Anonymous...
View ArticleGoogle Scholar is Filled with Junk
The University Library of the University of Illinois describes Google Scholar as a “freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles”. They go on to...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Day
Today is Amazon Prime Day. CNN Money reports that the Amazon Prime Day sale is the “biggest global Amazon event ever”. If you spend a few moments navigating the news portals, you’ll find a number of...
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