Filed under: Google
Gmail free cash scam on the loose
There is a scam targeted at Google's Gmail users that tries to get some cash out of them.The email states that the recipient is the proud winner of $500, and Gmail congratulates them. It goes on to say that Gmail has been giving out random cash prizes, and that the recipient is the lucky winner. Gmail users are instructed to follow a link, and follow instructions to get paid. The recipients are then instructed that there was a problem sending the payment, and to enter banking information, and a membership fee of $8.60.
Of course this scan is not Google, and nobody will actually win anything. It is yet again another clever coy at gaining a couple bucks from unsuspecting Gmail users. So don't click, just send it back to the spam box.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Steven said 6:16PM on 7-11-2006
%s/coy/ploy/
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lakiolen said 9:29PM on 7-11-2006
Wouldn't you think that Gmail's spam filters would automatically send things like this to the spam box?
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