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January 19th, 2009:

Sending an Email Hoax to Skip School

Jan 19th, 2009
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Nobody wants to go to school on a snow day: the wind is freezing and the streets are slippery. Besides, who would want to spend long hours inside a classroom when there is a snowman waiting to be made outside? A student from Utica, New York surely did not want to go to school that day. But instead of faking a fever or inventing a bully, the student tried to skip school by doing something that is worthy of national attention: sending a “No Classes” notice to a local television network via email.

Fake notice

Last Friday, the people from NEWS Channel 2 received an anonymous email claiming that “Utica schools were closed due to future wind chills.” According to the email that was allegedly sent by Principal Steve Falchi, the administration has decided to close the school for the day. All students were advised to stay at their homes where they can be sheltered with enough warmth to battle the cold.

Inaccurate forecast

Although the temperature that day was low and the wind was cold, the weather still seems fine. In fact, it was very manageable. Principal Falchi did not even think about closing the school down that day because the climate seemed slightly warmer than most days. Besides, the students at Proctor High School are used to battling different kinds of weather during school days.

Wrong spelling

So, how did the people from NEWS Channel 2 find out that the “No Classes” email is, indeed, a hoax? Well, it’s really simple. As mentioned previously, the name of Proctor High School’s principal is Steve Falchi. The “No Classes” email, however, was not sent by Steve Falchi. It was from Steve Felchi.

It’s always good to be better at spelling, right?

Trojan from Fake Obama Speech Email

Jan 19th, 2009
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The anticipation for President-Elect Barack Obama’s inaugural speech increases as January 20 approaches. Unfortunately, a group of Internet delinquents are taking advantage of the Obama fever by sending out emails that supposedly contain a link to the president-elect’s famous acceptance speech. Obviously, the fake email doesn’t contain a link to the inspiring speech that the President-Elect delivered when he defeated John McCain in the recent US elections. The main content of the fake Obama Speech email, in fact, is a Trojan horse.

Clicking video links

The Trojan horse in the fake Obama speech email can be activated with just one click. Yes, just one click on the link that will purportedly direct the email recipient to a video of the President-Elect’s acceptance speech. But instead of opening the video of one of the most historic nights in America, the link activates the Trojan horse attachment that will preside over your computer system. The Trojan horse will get your username, steal your password, or infect your computer. It might even open a malicious website without your consent.

Deleting fake emails

To prevent the Trojan horse from causing any form of destruction to your email account or your computer system, you have to delete it right away. You have to remove it from your inbox before it can install a virus to your computer or steal a password from your account. So, the next time you receive an email with the “Obama Acceptance Speech” subject line, you have to click that DELETE button as fast as you can.

Protect Your Email Account with a Yahoo! Sign-in Seal

Jan 19th, 2009
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Phishing is one of the most common forms of email fraud today. Many email users have lost their passwords and their accounts to professional phishers because their email accounts are not as secured as they hoped. One way of protecting your Yahoo! Mail account from phishers is to create a sign-in seal, a secret message or personal image that helps you recognize the authenticity of the Yahoo! page that you are visiting.

Making a sign-in seal

To start making a sign-in seal, you have to click on the Create Your Sign-in Seal link that is found above the blank fields for your username and password. On the Yahoo! Sign-in Seal page, you are provided with two customization options: Create a text seal and Upload an image. If you chose the first option, you have to enter a short message for your computer. You can type any kind of message you want as long as it doesn’t exceed 21 characters or expose your password. But if you’d rather have an image as your sign-in seal, then you should pick the second option. Because it is called Upload an image, the second option requires you to upload the JPG or GIF file that you wish to use as your sign-in seal. Choose an image that is under 2MB in size so it could fit perfectly in the seal.

Customizing a sign-in seal

If you click on the Preview button at the bottom of the screen, the seal that you just made will appear on the sign-in box. The sign-in seal customization services that Yahoo! Mail offers, however, are not limited to the specification of the text or the selection of the image. In fact, you may also choose a sign-in color for your seal! To choose a sign-in color, you just have to click on the tiny dot below the color swatch of your choice. Click the Preview button again to determine whether the sign-in seal satisfies your preferences or not. If you are already satisfied with your work, you just have to click on the Save This Seal button to save the customization changes.

Frances Fisher Apologizes for SAG Awards Boycott Email

Jan 19th, 2009
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Actress Frances Fisher is in trouble for sending an email. Well, it’s not just any email. It is an email to prevent eight actors from winning a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award. As a member of the guild, Fisher is given the opportunity to choose the next set of winners for the upcoming SAG Awards on January 25th. However, she is not given the right to encourage her co-members to refuse their votes on particular nominees.

Encouraging to boycott

In the email, Fisher is encouraging her fellow SAG members to withhold their votes from eight actors who are up for a SAG award. The reason for Fisher’s proposed boycott is the eight actors’ opposition to the union’s plan of staging yet another Screen Actors Guild Strike. The eight actors who were singled out in the email were the following:

* Alec Baldwin (Male Actor in a Comedy Series nominee for 30 Rock)
* Josh Brolin (Male Actor in a Supporting Role nominee for Milk)
* Steve Carell (Male Actor in a Comedy Series nominee for The Office)
* Sally Field (Female Actor in a Drama Series nominee for Brothers and Sisters)
* Michael C. Hall (Male Actor in a Drama Series nominee for Dexter)
* Susan Sarandon (Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries nominee for Bernard and Doris)
* Tony Shalhoub (Male Actor in a Comedy Series nominee for Monk)
* Kevin Spacey (Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries nominee for Recount).

Asking to forgive

Upon learning that her email reached the wrong inboxes, Fisher issued a public apology for the eight actors who were mentioned in the email. She even said that she was sorry for any discomfort that she may have caused.

The eight actors who were singled out in the email are yet to release a statement regarding the issue.