**THIS IS A SCAM DO NOT SEND YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THESE PEOPLE**

On December 22,2015, I received an image attachment from a guy named Robinson, Garrett L.  Below is the content of the image.

DEAR WINNER,

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR WINNING SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS WITH MICROSOFT-SURFACE PRO 3 LAPTOP GMAIL CORPORATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH MICROSOFT WINDOWS. WE COLLECT ALL THE GMAIL ADDRESSES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVE ONLINE FROM THE GMAIL DIRECTORY; AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT SUBSCRIBED TO GMAIL AND VARIOUS MICROSOFT WINDOWS USERS. WE ONLY SELECT FIVE PEOPLE AS OUR  WINNERS, WITHOUT THE WINNER APPLYING AND WE ARE ALSO CONGRATULATING YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THEM.

HOWEVER, YOU WILL HAVE TO FILL AND SUBMIT THE BELOW INFORMATION TO THE EVENTS MANAGER

CONTACT EMAIL: GMFT@OUTLOOK.COM

NOTE WE DON’T RESPOND TO FORWARDING EMAIL,YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR DETAILS TO THE EMAILS STATED ABOVE.

FULL NAME:

CONTACT ADDRESS:

AGE:

TELEPHONE NUMBER:

SEX:

OCCUPATION:

STATE:

COUNTRY:

CONTACT THE EVENT’S MANAGER DEPARTMENT

SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION TO THE EMAIL GIVEN ABOVE

EVENTS MANAGER: MR. BARRY DELP

An instagram scammer attempted to rip people off using the stolen identification of “Yuri Sincero”.  She managed to get money from someone and attempted to scam someone else.  The name she used to retrieve the money was Denise Manlutac at 156 Brgy. Balibago 1st, Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines.  If this person tries to get money from you, don’t do it.

We had a few people get scammed by a person using Yuri Sincero’s information. The reason they were scammed is because they did not follow these three tips:

1. Verify before you buy – double check the identity of the person you buy from.  DO NOT trust the image of someones ID.

2. Use Third Party Payment System – ebay, amazon, paypal are ways to reduce your risk, because these services verify the identity of the person.

3. No Cash Online – Do NOT send cash online.  They safest way to buy online is to use a separate bank account via a third party payment system.

One of my wordpress blogs was hacked. Here is how you can avoid this:

1. Do not load plugins you do no need
2. Check New Plugin before you install
3. Update WordPress and plugins often

To find the hacked plugins look at Date Time Stamps

found bfwp on my site group docs assembly was hacked
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