Holiday Scam

Holiday Scam

Unfortunately, there are always people looking to make a quick buck at other people’s expense.  I just received this alert from Avast anti-virus, and thought I’d share to hopefully eliminate someone getting taken advantage of. The gist of it is this...
Email Scam

Email Scam

Spam will likely always be an issue with email, but sometimes we get email that we might not know is spam or not.  Since I often get questions from people that say they received an email that they aren’t sure is spam or not, I’ll share one with you....
Google Business Listing Not Verified

Google Business Listing Not Verified

Are you wondering if all the calls you’re getting from “Google” saying that your business listing hasn’t been verified is a scam or not? It is. I’ve been getting these calls for years. Some of the calls are from my state, others are out...
Yet Another Domain Scam

Yet Another Domain Scam

Happy New Year! I hope everyone is enjoying their start to 2020. It’s January 3rd, and I’ve already seen a new domain name scam. This one was an invoice sent to my PayPal account for renewing a domain name (that I had already renewed). This one is worse...
Business Award Scam

Business Award Scam

I was just notified that Scorching Web Design & Marketing was awarded a “Best of” award! How exciting! I’m so glad that my hard work for my clients has been noticed and is getting recognized. This will also be excellent PR and will help attract...