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Term Life Savings

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Term Life Savings

We recently received this e-mail apparently offering term life insurance. From: TermLifeInsurance <[email protected]> Date: July 16, 2013 1:11:22 PM EDT To: Subject: USD 500k LifeInsurancePolicy for USD 20 Term LifeSavings…

Best Buy

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Best Buy

The math doesn’t add up for these advertised sales prices.

Suddenlink

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Suddenlink

Enticing promotion for a Visa gift card has strings — and a cautionary tale from a consumer.

MoMA Store

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MoMA Store

Pop-up message touting $10 savings fails to disclose required minimum purchase of $100.

American Home Shield

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American Home Shield

We got this spam email: This set off our suspicious-o-meter for a few reasons. First, it’s a spam email. Rarely does anything good come from spam emails. Second, the erratic…

Urban Outfitters

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Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters recently ran a promotion in which they gave out 10% off coupons alongside collectible pins in the mail. Here is the e-mail that ran with the physical mail…

GraphicStock

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GraphicStock

Take stock of this free trial’s terms before you hand over credit card information.

Work-at-Home Opportunities

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Work-at-Home Opportunities

“View a variety of legitimate work at home [sic] from all over the web,” says this spam email. “Start making money online from your home today,” it goes on. Clicking…

Best Buy Black Friday

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Best Buy Black Friday

If an electronics store sends you an email advertising a $2200 television as being on-sale for $999, should you actually be able to buy the television at the $999 price?…

Motley Fool – fool.com

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Motley Fool – fool.com

Here is an online ad we saw that looked suspicious: Clicking on the ad takes you to The Motley Fool, a financial advice website. But before you can watch the…

CollegeAmerica

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CollegeAmerica

Chain of private colleges faces lawsuit over post-graduation earnings claims.

First American Home Warranty

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First American Home Warranty

This e-mail claims to be from a home warranty company, but none of the links function through our anti-Malware that sneaks onto your computer software. Ignoring unsolicited offers is usually…

Lasik Vision Institute

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Lasik Vision Institute

We recently received an e-mail advertising services from the Lasik Vision Institute (LVI). Our anti-Malware that sneaks onto your computer software blocked all of the links in the e-mail, which…

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