Too good to be true! I have been using au pair/family finding sites for the last 4 years and as mentioned in my earlier blog posting, we have been lucky to find really nice and genuine au pairs. It is very disappointing to see that not everyone using such sites is a genuine au pair and a genuine host family. There are a few unscrupulous individuals that will try to scam you. Be smart and be safe - validate everything because some schemes are elaborate involving false identities, false doctors, false travel agencies etc. Don’t be fooled by them; don’t let them to manipulate you by the lies in their e-mails and calls. Tips that will help you to determine that your au pair/host family are genuine: Trust your intuition. Please use common sense and caution if you have any... Similar posts

Ciaran Lynch SMALL businesses are being warned to be wary as the latest wave of a multi-million euro international financial scam hits Ireland. Labiur TD Ciarán Lynch said, “Most of us are aware of the standard ‘Nigerian 419 Scam’, where a supposed son of a deceased oil baron or senior government official will contact a business or an individual with a promise of countless thousands of euro, in exchange for their banking details. “However, there now appears to be a new level of sophistication involved, and instead of contacting people by email, these conmen are now contacting people directly in writing. A small business in my own constituency drew my attention to a letter that they had received in recent days. “The letter seems to originate from New York and purports to be from... Similar posts

This is a copy of my ad on a few sites. The last few posts have been about scammers trying to get me to send them money. <sigh> They really think I am stupid enough to fall for that, but I’m not . I have also had some fun winding them up. So it’s a... Similar posts

(Apologies for this post… It isn’t as well crafted as I would like) Some of you may already know that I am trying to sell my Jeep. There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s a great vehicle. I won’t bore you with the details of why I am selling, but I am. One of the great things about... Similar posts

If you are getting an email which is from “Facebook Security” with the subject line of “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation! Customer Message.” – please delete this message as it contains a virus. First off, this has nothing to do with Facebook – the owners and company of Facebook are constantly striving to keep people aware of the latest security issues. The full body of the email is shown below – my anti-virus system found and quarantined the virus before the payload could be activated but there may be people out there who don’t know this. Dear user of facebook, Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed. You can find your new password in attached document. Thanks, Your Facebook.... Similar posts

We are getting  a lot of calls to the office this week asking about the following email that many people are getting. It is s scam, delete it, these people know that many people in Ireland are claiming more tax back etc Scam Email = Delete. If you do get an email like this just look at the location of the link that the image will bring you too. It will be a strange website address that hopefully google will have blocked by now. My advice is to delete then call us to set up a spam filter for your email so these type of emails are not slowing down your business day. You are busy enough without having to deal with this type of confusing email. Call Cada Media Ltd on 053 9430748 and talk to Dave Jordan about setting up a spam filters for your staff email... Similar posts

We noticed today that we recieved an email for the the ICS monitoring Team threatening to cut of internet access. This is spam email delete it. The email looks like this: Warning: This message has had one or more attachments removed Warning: (report.exe, report.zip). Warning: Please read the “cadamedia-Attachment-Warning.txt” attachment(s) for more information. Your internet access is going to get suspended The Internet Service Provider Consorcium was made to protect the rights of software authors, artists. We conduct regular wiretapping on our networks, to monitor criminal acts. We are aware of your illegal activities on the internet wich were originating from You can check the report of your activities in the past 6 month that we have attached. We strongly advise you to... Similar posts

Just to let our spam filtering clients know that next week we are upgrading our servers again, (yes i know a pain in the ass but hey it’s for your benefit!) These new servers will mean new IP addresses and so we are informing you that you can update your firewall rules with the following IP addresses for our servers. To do this you need to block all SMTP transactions from outside the following: Filter 4: 77.95.34.194 to 254 Filter 5: 195.97.252.82 to 92 Filter 6: 86.54.206.48 to 55 Your network manager will know what to do with these, If is important that you take action on these firewall changes before Tuesday 26th January 2010. Dave Jordan Cada Media Ltd,... Similar posts

Maybe so but the main issue is that Skoda after building the car, then go and put their trust in their dealer network to stay true to the brand. In April of 2009 I purchased a November registered 2006 Octavia vRS from Mervyn Stewart (MS) / Skoda in Belfast.  I love(ed) it, I had been searching... Similar posts

After our earlier post on the DarkMarket scammer being locked up for being a very naughty boy, we continue the ‘internet bad boys heading for the slammer’ theme with a story of how ‘shit just got real’ for Cornel Ionut Tonita, a Romanian national who is facing five years in a US prison for a... Similar posts

<heavy sarcasm>I was delighted </heavy sarcasm>  to receive my reminder from Internet Register Ireland this morning dated Dezember 2009 [sic.] as it reminds me that it’s time for me to warn you all to beware these scammers. We’re obviously not alone as there has been an increase in trackbacks and comments on our original post on this matter. As one of our commenters points out at least it’s on Recycled Paper (you gotta love those Germans! ) and this is what you should do with this letter on receipt: recycle it. If you ever receive a letter or an email inviting you to join a directory, do a link exchange or other such  activities always, always do a search about the company. Don’t just visit their site: it may look fine to you, it may even look... Similar posts

Here’s another of those Internet Directory scams that is doing the rounds a lot lately. The Internet Register Ireland is very similar to the European City Guide scam, it looks a little more legit in that it has an Irish phone number to fax the registration form to. Whatever you do, don’t even think about returning this form. If you do, expect a bill of €958 every year for absolutely nothing (well you may get a link in a useless web directory). You’ve been warned! Related articles by Zemanta European City Guide Scam (tomdoyletalk.com) World Company Directory Scam (tomdoyletalk.com) Share and Enjoy:... Similar posts

A German company claiming to be Internet Register Ireland has been doing the rounds again the last few weeks sending letters to some of our customers, including ourselves. The letter which is very professional looking offers the recipient an opportunity to join their database of businesses. Sounds good ? The problem is the small print. On reading this you will see that they charge €958 per year to be listed. Our advice if you get one of these letters is to throw it in the bin . If you have signed and sent off the letter, contact your solicitor and make sure legally they cannot pursue you for the money. A sample of the letter is shown...... Similar posts

Ciaran Lynch SMALL Irish businesses are being warned to be wary as the latest wave of a multi-million euro international internet scam hits Ireland. Labour TD Ciarán Lynch said, “Small businesses are being stung for almost €3,000 by a company that is purporting to be an internet registry company when in fact it is no such thing. “The company based in Germany is writing to Irish companies with a form which looks like it is providing a free listing to an internet directory. I got one of these forms myself and having come across this scam before, it was immediately clear to me what was going on. “The fact that they had categorised my web site www.ciaranlynch.ie as that of a restaurant, was evidence that they whatever this company was, it was not a serious professionally run... Similar posts

These are the types of letters many businesses understand to be about the renewal of their domain in Ireland, where as really they are an invitation to be listed on an Internet directory for Ireland for a cost of €958 per annum for a 3 year contract. I suggest throwing it away, it’s rubbish, they are just opportunists and trying to get you to send them money thinking its your domain name renewal.... Similar posts

It looks like that Truvo Ireland are the latest company finding that other business are approaching their clients and requesting that they spend their advertising budget with them. A few weeks ago we had UK companies calling our clients leading the client to believe they were Google. Many believed it and signed up to a Google adword campaign and paying over £150 per month on pay per click advertising worth only 20 euro a month. If you get any requests to renew advertising services with Truvo, call them and confirm before you give your hard earned money to someone else. As the recession kicks in further in Ireland more and more people are grabbing a straws to help their failing businesses. There are dodgy dealers in every business so double check where your sending your money. Below is an... Similar posts