Susan Tompor Detroit Free Press Published 1:30 PM EDT Apr 18, 2019 Puppies are a cute, cuddly billion-dollar business but anyone who owns a dog knows it's pretty easy to get scammed. Usually, it's a con job by a too-clever corgi or collie begging for extra treats. But too often lately, consumers can get hooked by someone who is selling nothing but a stolen snapshot of a Yorkie or French Bulldog. The Michigan Attorney General’s Office has received nearly 20 complaints of alleged puppy scams since 2017, including two that were reported so far in 2019. The money lost can be significant. Consumers reported losing as much as $1,200 to scammers who were reportedly selling pets online, according to a 2018 report by the Better Business Bureau. In one case, a victim lost $5,000. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, at the Michigan Humane Society in Detroit on Thursday, said many consumers do not realize they may be doing business online with … [Read more...] about How to lose $1,200 in a puppy scam
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Internet domain expansion has made ‘spoofing’ easier than ever
LAS VEGAS — It’s easier than ever to get waylaid on the internet, diverted to dangerous territory where scam artists await with traps baited for the unsuspecting user. It’s all about devious misdirection, fumble-fingered typing and how our brains can confuse what our eyes see. Big money can await the clever scamster, and costs are rising for corporations and politicians who do not take heed. The problems lie in the inner workings of the internet, and touch on issues like the vast expansion of the combination of words, dots and symbols that comprise internet addresses. It’s no longer just .com, .net., .org and a handful of others. Now, there are 1,900 new extensions, known as top-level domains, things like .beer, .camera, .city, .dating, .party and .shop. “We see a ton of them being used maliciously,” said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish security company F-Secure, who called the new endings “a big headache.” The problems … [Read more...] about Internet domain expansion has made ‘spoofing’ easier than ever
As internet ‘spoofing’ gets better, you may surf into a sea of sharks
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But if you really do care … writer uses Melania Trump’s jacket to raise funds for immigrants
Their Views By HEIDI STEVENS Chicago Tribune via Tribune News Service | Saturday, June 23, 2018, 12:05 a.m. Share this story First lady Melania Trump walks to her vehicle as she arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, June 21, 2018, after visiting the Upbring New Hope Children Center run by the Lutheran Social Services of the South in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) While the world debates the meaning of first lady Melania Trump’s “I really don’t care, do u?” jacket, Chicago writer Parker Molloy is seizing on the uproar to raise money for groups that help immigrant families detained at the southern border. “Since Melania Trump’s jacket said ‘I really don’t care’ … I set up http://ireallydocare.com ADVERTISING The site takes you to a donation page for Al Otro Lado, which serves indigent deportees, migrants and refugees in Tijuana and Los Angeles, The Florence Project, which … [Read more...] about But if you really do care … writer uses Melania Trump’s jacket to raise funds for immigrants
Melania’s frosty jacket inspires a we-really-do-care movement
While the world debates the meaning of first lady Melania Trump’s “I really don’t care, do u?” jacket, Chicago writer Parker Molloy is seizing on the uproar to raise money for groups that help immigrant families detained at the southern border. “Since Melania Trump’s jacket said ‘I really don’t care’ … I set up http://ireallydocare.com.” The site takes you to a donation page for Al Otro Lado, which serves indigent deportees, migrants and refugees in Tijuana and Los Angeles, The Florence Project, which provides legal and social services to detained immigrants in Arizona, and the Chicago-based Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, which advocates for unaccompanied immigrant children. “When the story about Melania’s jacket broke, my first reaction was to retreat into my own little shell of cynicism, making mock-ups of other slogans that probably would have been slightly less tone deaf than ‘I … [Read more...] about Melania’s frosty jacket inspires a we-really-do-care movement