Seems to be a lot going around lately.  Got another spoof email - this time pretending to be eBay.  Funny thing is it asked a question about something I was supposedly selling - but I never sell anything.

Hello, I want to make sure that PayPal is ok to pay for my item. I am waiting for your answer as soon as possible.

Thank you.
Scott.

Easy way to check if it is fake is to simply hover your mouse over the email links.  Doing this, you would find that this specific email has all links pointing to some site called www.thepenalcolony.com - wouldn’t even bother visiting, more than likely a malicious site.

There really ought to be a law or something to counter this.

  Got Adobe Flash quite a while ago - it came as part of a free complimentary upgrade to another software I had - but funny enough I haven’t opened the program till just a few days ago.  Am looking through it and trying out ActionScript 3 (the scripting for Flash) and it seems really similar to Java.

     More or less, I’m looking for some nice tutorial sites if there are any; most the ones I were able to find go back to some really old version of Flash (the scripting is not applicable) while others were just too much to read.

     Here is something my school wants me to make for a design competition: http://mymesa.pftq.com/

     The object of the contest is to describe your projects surrounding MESA, but I’ve never been in MESA so I’m just substituting other stuff I’ve made for now. I’m really lost on how to layout the actual page (after the intro video) so any suggestions would be nice! No copyrighted content aloud so all graphics are indeed made by me as well as the accompanying background buildup (wouldn’t call it a song…).  Some sounds are from royalty-free products though.

Trying to decide on another domain name… There won’t be any real purpose for the site yet, so I’m trying to keep it just catchy and memorable (nothing hard to spell).

Vote Here for the Domain I Should Use

I’m also trying to decide between Bluehost and Lunarpages for the hosting company, so if you’ve any experience with them, I’d be greatful on any insight of the two companies.

Hey all - sorry to be begging for your guys’ vote yet again.
A team I’m part of at school worked from 6am Saturday Oct.13 till past 3am Sunday morning to finish our video for the Insomnia Film Festival. The contest this time determines their winner entirely on PUBLIC rating, so we need as many people as possible to rate the video full score.

- Go to the Insomnia Film Gallery and find the following videos: Unwanted Company
- Rate it accordingly (excellent prefered ). You will need to be logged into an Apple account; if you don’t have one, make one! We spent 21 hours on this; you can spare a few minutes of your time please?

Tell everyone you know to vote (including family members) - the contest specifically suggests having all friends and family to EACH create an account and vote!

Thanks all!

For the unwary - there’s been a new Amazon spoof email supposedly asking you to verify your account ownership at Amazon. It may seem very authentic (has proper recipient info + sender email etc). The links are even displayed as “amazon.com”, but actually clicking it would lead to a completely different site (the page just looks like Amazon). Just something to keep a heads up on.

For the curious, here is what the email stated:

Greetings from Amazon Payments.

Your bank has contacted us regarding some attempts of charges from your credit card via the Amazon system. We have reasons to believe that you changed your registration information or that someone else has unauthorized access to your Amazon account Due to recent activity, including possible unauthorized listings placed on your account, we will require a second confirmation of your identity with us in order to allow us to investigate this matter further. Your account is not suspended, but if in 48 hours after you receive this message your account is not confirmed we reserve the right to suspend your Amazon registration. If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of Amazon policy to represent oneself as another Amazon user. Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law. Amazon is committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

To confirm your identity with us click here:
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/flex-sign-in/ref=pd_irl_gw_r/103-3177084-7567864?opt=oa&page=recs/sign-in-secure.html

After responding to the message, we ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated. Emailing us before that time will result in delays. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.

Thank you for your interest in selling at Amazon.com.

Amazon.com Customer Service
http://www.amazon.com

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