12-05-2014, 06:53 AM
Good morning all. We had a nice rain yesterday starting early in the morning and on through until around noon. It's still a bit damp out, but they warned us about some fog collecting because of all the rain. I got an email from the city saying that we even had flooded streets in a few areas, and where I should go to get sandbags if I needed any. A real nice change from the 100 to 110+ degree days in the not too distant past.
Today is the end of the workweek for a lot of folks, I wish you all the best for the weekend. We avoid the crowds by shopping really early in the morning and stay away at any time during the weekends. Now, just a bit more about our shopping habits; for some strange reason, we've been getting notices about packages that need to be delivered from such places as Costco, Walmart and Target. The obvious tip off is that we've not done any online shopping at any of these places in a long time.
Yes, they are scams, trying to get you to click on a link to get a virus. 
Just don't do it. I couple of things that give it away are, they language is not quite how an English-speaking person would say things, secondly, there are no tracking or invoice numbers to follow and lastly, the links show that they go to somewhere other than the store's website. Just a warning to be cautious. Just like the emails I get that need me to go and refresh my bank or credit card information, especially for my "frozen" online bank accounts that I don't have, or with banks I don't have accounts with at all.
It upsets me that with the technology we have, these kinds of spoofing scams are still allowed to persist.
Today is the end of the workweek for a lot of folks, I wish you all the best for the weekend. We avoid the crowds by shopping really early in the morning and stay away at any time during the weekends. Now, just a bit more about our shopping habits; for some strange reason, we've been getting notices about packages that need to be delivered from such places as Costco, Walmart and Target. The obvious tip off is that we've not done any online shopping at any of these places in a long time.
Yes, they are scams, trying to get you to click on a link to get a virus. Just don't do it. I couple of things that give it away are, they language is not quite how an English-speaking person would say things, secondly, there are no tracking or invoice numbers to follow and lastly, the links show that they go to somewhere other than the store's website. Just a warning to be cautious. Just like the emails I get that need me to go and refresh my bank or credit card information, especially for my "frozen" online bank accounts that I don't have, or with banks I don't have accounts with at all. It upsets me that with the technology we have, these kinds of spoofing scams are still allowed to persist.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD