Phishing for Your Money

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I imagine if you are reading this you have been online before. Maybe you are right now. Also, you may have suffered at the hands of some scammer. You may not have been hacked, had your bank account taken over, lost any money, or anything major, but tricked…most likely. Remember Prince Abooboo from Gondwana that…

Gmail Extras, Part 15, Q&A

Gmail Extras, Part 15, Q&A

This is the last week of Gmail Extras. Sorry for those of you that loved the information, but it is time to move on. Thanks for all the email support I have received these last couple of months. Today I take on a couple of questions I have gotten over the past weeks. Can you…

Gmail Extras, Part 13, Confidential Mode

Gmail Extras, Part 13, Confidential Mode

Not that you are a spy or anything like that, but let us say you only want to email someone, or many people, and restrict that email. This email can only be read for a period of time. After that time passes, you do not want them to see it again. Not only that, but…

Gmail Extras, Part 12, Delegation

Gmail Extras, Part 12, Delegation

Let us say that you are out of town or, for any other reason, you want someone else to have access to your Gmail. Well, here is an important technological tip. Never, ever share your account username and password, for any account, with anyone else! Yes, they may be your best friend right now, but…

Gmail Extras, Part 11, Searching

Gmail Extras, Part 11, Searching

Last week I told you I would give you more useful features found in Gmail which are the Search features available. A couple of you wrote and saying something like, “Gee, Ron, all you need to do is type the word in the search bar at the top for what you are looking for, press…

Gmail Extras, Part 10, Pluses and Periods

Gmail Extras, Part 10, Pluses and Periods

I hope you were one of the many that took part in the contest last week. I had quite a few entries that figured out the “correct” way to take part. So, thanks and congratulations to you all for solving and entering. First, how could you enter with the clues given last week? I mentioned…

Gmail Extras, Part 9, Filters

Gmail Extras, Part 9, Filters

What if you want something “special” to happen to an email from “RD Bagpipes,” (rdbagpipes.com)? They will not leave you alone because you signed into that site one time. You have unsubscribed from their emails, but you still get them! You already get what feels like 25 million worthless emails daily and this is just…

Gmail Extras, Part 8, Views, Reading Pane & Translation

Gmail Extras, Part 8, Views, Reading Pane & Translation

We will start this week of Gmail tips with ways to view your emails. When you start Gmail on a new account, you get what they call the “No split” view. This means that you see a list of your emails in your inbox. If you want to read one, you simply click on that…

Gmail Extras, Part 7, Undo Send & Vacation Responder

Gmail Extras, Part 7, Undo Send & Vacation Responder

I thought maybe I was writing too many Gmail articles for my readers. But from the number of email questions and comments I have received, that does not seem to be an issue. You want more, so, here we go–continuing from last week. Please keep the questions and comments coming as I appreciate hearing what…