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Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me

I’ve got to give a hat tip to Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) who recently posted on the Marketing Tech Blog an article about email marketing that included the video below from “Weird Al” Yankovic’s song “Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me”. I’d never heard of this song, which is odd because I was a huge Weird Al fan and had/have most of his songs memorized.

For anyone that has been known to forward stuff to friends, I challenge you to listen to and take heart the words of this song. If you’re not familiar with Snopes, visit them. And if you don’t know how to effectively use the BCC option in email. Do a little research please.

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What to Look For in Phishing Scams

Here's a little public service announcement for everyone. Many of you may already be aware of this, but I'm thinking there may be a few people that see this link on my Facebook wall that this information may come in handy.

Phishing Scam Awareness

My general rule of thumb for most of my computer activity related to email and attachments I receive is to not trust ANY email from anyone at first glance. This has generally kept me fairly safe for over the last decade as I haven't experienced any kind of debilitating computer virus on my system in that period of time.

I received this email the other day and it caught my attention initially because I do have some accounts with Chase Bank and do most of my banking online. However, on closer inspection, I saw that this was a phishing scam by some nefarious types.

The first thing I actually noticed was that the email was sent to "undisclosed recipients". I kind of doubt Chase, if this was a serious email, would be sending it to a list of recipients. Their systems would probably be automated and send a single email to each recipient individually.

Anytime there's a link in an email like the one in the image (#1), don't click on it, just hover your mouse over the link. When you do, down in the status bar of your browser you should be able to see where the link is about to send you (#2).

As you can tell from this URL, it's probably got nothing to do with Chase Bank, and is probably just an attempt to collect you personal information, perhaps bank account number and password. I didn't click on the link, but I'm sure if I did, the page I would be directed to would look VERY official and "Chase-like". It's all a ruse! This is why it is important for everyone to work with a bank that will protect you personal information. Visit https://atlanticunionbank.com/personal/checking/preferred-checking/ to get valuable information. 

So, be alert, yes, even distrusting when it comes to your email. You'll probably be safer if you do. If you have any questions about the validity of an email that's related to a company or service you actually use, just pick up the phone and call them directly to verify any questions they may have about your account or information.

Hope that helps.

 

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Use Right Inbox to Send Mail Later in Gmail

I received an email today letting me know about a little browser extension called Right Inbox. The extension works in Firefox and Chrome and does a simple little task very well. Right Inbox lets you schedule an email to be sent later in Gmail.

Send an email at any date or time in the future.

I use this feature quite a bit when I am working within Outlook, so there have been times where I’ve been using Gmail and have wished I had the same option. I was surprised actually, when I started digging through the Gmail labs for additional tools and never came across one that allowed me to schedule future delivery of emails.

You can use Right Inbox to send emails to yourself as a reminders very effectively.

Right Inbox is free, so go download it and give it a try today.