As part of my constant survey of false and misleading job ads, I came across this interesting one on craigslist at this link. http://calgary.en.craigslist.ca/etc/1415300999.html
It tells us that if we participate in the “focus group” that we will get paid $100 for this. Well I’ve participated in many surveys and ‘focus groups’ and enjoy doing so, but many are not all they seem, and some are downright invasive about ‘knowing your personal lifestyle’ or worse, resellers of your information. So I decided to check it out and reply to the email listed in the ad as Haley.Axel@gmail.com. My first suspicion about this was when I received a reply almost immediately. Very rarely do ad responses get immediate replies, and instead of asking for a time to meet, it simply directed me to a ‘screener’ survey via Survey Monkeys. Well Survey Monkeys is a free online service anyone can use to generate surveys and submit them. So I’m thinking they wanted to stick me into doing a survey for free. Well the questions were in my mind serving nothing other than providing a clear redirect to the real company Lightspeed Reasearch, based in New Jersey, to ‘become a member’. Well membership is free so I’m thinking so far so good right?
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I saw this comment today on a malware site and I normally read them to see how folks troll malware sites looking for blame.
Folks, malware is your problem, not anyone elses. I am constantly reminded how people fail to understand that its their actions and choices that cause the infections, and today social engineering is a big reason.
Even malware experts are not immune from falling victim to their tricks. Its been like this for years and outside of the increase in targetted attacks,
its still the #1 reason.
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I was laughing so hard this morning. Who would have thought a review of the daily spam deluge could create such comedy. Don’t tell the spammers though, they’ll want more money. Headline in spam "Anti Free Protection Spyware". Get your’s here!! (link not included). I guess honesty in advertising is ok. So check your spam for your link to get ‘Anti Free’ Software 
So does this mean I have to pay for it?
So many jokes, so little time to add them
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