Author: WYNK
Website Makeover
We’re proud to announce a newly completed website makeover for Financial Wellness Tower. The old site was created by a tech guy who understood function but had little understanding of design. He installed several proprietary coding that was hard to update and even fix.
THE OLD SITE
The client was frustrated because requested changes were not being done. Functions were not working and the programmer was unresponsive for days. The transition was difficult because the programmer was hard to get in touch with. And when he did communicate it was hard for him to explain what was going on. He really tried his best (and we thank him for that) but it clearly was not working.
We decided to revamp the site from scratch. To comb through the coding would have taken so much more time and we believed they were defective to begin with.
The client was highly creative … an idea person. She was as expert of her industry but not a detailed person. We understood that and we would bounce ideas around to make sure we understood her concept.
This is what we did:
- We registered a new domain, one that was shorter and easier to remember.
- Determined what theme and plugins we needed.
- She gave us the raw text and we edited and laid them out with appropriate pictures.
- We translated them into Spanish and Chinese.
- Wrote some special programming when popular templates couldn’t do the job.
- Created call-to-action opportunities with forms and banner ads.
- Modified the illustrations.
- Created a new logo to help branding.
- Improved the download time.
- Improved the navigation.
- Uploaded the video lessons.
- Set up a payment system.
- Created a Forum.
Here is what the new website looks like:
The client is happy. She has gotten a lot of positive feedback. We are happy because we made her dream come true. Do go and visit the Financial Wellness Tower. This is a fun website that teaches you to become a smart spender/saver through animated video lessons. It has quizes, workbooks and transcripts.
Get in touch with us if you’re a dreamer. We make dreams come true.
Fake Costco Promo
If you get an email like this one from Costco or some other company, just permanently delete it. It’s fake. One easy way of telling it’s fake is if you get an email from a company that you do not have an account with.
SAMPLE No. 1
This spam email is designed to update their database to know that your email address is a live one. If you click on it, expect a lot more spam emails after that.
Do not trust this website: American-Choices.com
Here are the words, names and other fake content you will see:
Costco giftcard
Congratulations, Walter!
✉ REMINDER: Offer expires after 12 May
It’s your turn to get this Costco card today!
Walter Tuero
ra***@wy***********.com
Cards left: 15
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SAMPLE No. 2
This one is a graphic file. No real text. The whole picture links to a fake website:
Do not trust this website: Rigsnoisily.fun
This is where the link goes: http://rigsnoisily.fun/etc.
Just delete!
Fake Email Messages About Potentially Lucrative Emails That Have been Quarantined
Here’s another one of those fake emails. This one is relatively new in its approach. The Subject line says “WARNING!!! (4) Messages Quarantined” and it comes from “MAIL SERVER ad***@to*****.com.”
WHAT TO DO
Delete! Delete! Delete! And delete it from your trash folder so it is completely out of your computer system. Do not click on any of the links! It goes to some obscure address like “https://cdn-s.de/cgi-bin/index.php?xxxxxxx” (I do not post the whole link because someone might click on it from this post). It looks like this is a code that goes to your domain server’s coding folder where it will propagate serious damage.
If you have time, please report the fake email (and all other suspicious email) to the Federal Trade Commission. Help protect the rest of the world.
This email was sent to my technical support address. So I assume it was meant to go to someone who had access to the inner workings of a website.
Notice how the top line of the messages (supposedly quarantined) looks like it has something to do with a payment? Notice also how there are several links to “Release”? These are catchy words/phrases to tempt you into seeing what you might be missing.
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Here is the rest of the actual message:
Dear Mail User [su*****@wy***********.com]
The links go here:
Important: Some incoming messages have been placed in your Personal Quarantine.
This pending messages will be deleted automatically after 7 days.
Few of your quarantined messages are listed below along with the actions that can be taken.
To see all quarantined messages view su*****@wy***********.com” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>your email quarantine and release to inbox
| Quarantined email | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient: | Subject: | date: | |
| Release | (su*****@wy***********.com) | Remittance Payment Advice For MT103 | 30/04/2020 |
| Release | (su*****@wy***********.com) | Re: Re: Contract | 30/04/2020 |
| Release | (su*****@wy***********.com) | Re: SALES ORDER CONFIRMATION | 30/04/2020 |
| Release | (su*****@wy***********.com) | Payment Invoice N96A4456 | 30/04/2020 |
| Deliver all Messages | |||
Note : This message was sent by the system for notification only. Please do not reply
If this message lands in your spam folder, please move it to your inbox folder for proper interrogation:
This mail is protected to [YOUR REAL ADDRESS]
Ⓒ 2020 Cyber Security Alert . All Rights Reserved.
***************
Here’s a variation of the same evil scheme:
The links go to this Denmark server:
https://cdn-s.de
Subject: ITsupport Mail Quarantine Notification
Email Notification:
Important: Some incoming messages have been placed in your Personal Quarantine.
This pending messages will be deleted automatically after 7 days.
Deliver all mails to your Inbox: Visit your Webmail Quarantine Center – CLICK HERE
Few of your quarantined messages are listed below along with the actions that can be taken.
| Envelope From: | sa***@mi**************.com |
| Subject: | Inquiry |
| Time: | Mon, 04 May 2020 08:49:14 -0700 |
| Envelope From: | ko**************@ou*****.com |
| Subject: | RE: Order Confirmation |
| Time: | Mon, 04 May 2020 08:53:51 -0700 |
| Envelope From: | an**************@sm*.com |
| Subject: | L90GZ SN/679577 |
| Time: | Mon, 04 May 2020 08:55:24 -0700 |
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Another Variation:
An email stating you purchased something and this was debited from your bank. The link goes to a fake website that appears to have no homepage but actually has a mischievous .ASPX file.
Subject: Credit card purchase confirmation
Hello
Find attached an ACH confirmation which was processed from your bank account.
Regards
Fake Emails from Domain Service
I’ve recently been getting so many emails from this company: Domain Service (or whatever company they decide they want to be).
HOW THEY OPERATE
They send out emails to unsuspecting domain name owners. They get the victim’s email addresses from the listed registered owners of different domain names. Then they send out these bogus warnings that their domains will be lost if they do not renew their subscription. They pose as the authorized company of said domain when actually, they have nothing to do with the domain and actually want to steal it from the victim.
They say they can do it for a huge sum — many times more than the actual cost of the domain name. The victim pays and that’s the last they hear of them.
If you ever receive an email like this, simply trash it and then delete your Trash content. Better still, report it to the Department of Justice. If you want to be sure about the email, contact your website manager or domain register and they can confirm the email’s authenticity.
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SAMPLE
Here’s a sample of one of the emails I received:
Important notice
Notice#: 393989
Date: 04/27/2020
Domain Expiration
Domain: [NameOfDomain.com] (whatever your domain is)
Expiration date: 05/05/2020
To: [The Victim, Victim’s Company]
[Victim’s Address]
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Domain Name: [NameOfDomain.com]
Attn: [Victim’s Name]
This important notification notifies you about the notice of your domain frtsgv.org optimization submission. The information in this email may contain legally privileged information from the notification processing department of the Registration Office for our traffic generator. We do not register or renew domain names. We are selling traffic generator tools. This information is intended for the use of the individual(s) named above.
If you fail to complete your domain name registration frtsgv.org search engine optimization service by the expiration date, may the dismissal of this search engine optimization domain name notification notice.
Process
to complete your payment
Failure to complete your domain name registration [NameOfDomain.com] search engine optimization service process may make it difficult for customers to find you on the web.
Act immediately
This domain registration for [ search engine service optimization notification will expire 05/05/2020.
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