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Gmail leaving mark on spam messages

Last updated Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 7:49am

What's lurking in your spam folder? Maybe you never look, but maybe you should. Last week, Gmail added labels to messages sent to users' spam folders that identify potentially dangerous mail. Gmail users will now be able to see why messages were marked as spam.

It's a good lesson for all of us, and that's Google's intention. "Use this information to protect yourself from potentially dangerous or fraudulent messages and to better understand why a message was or wasn't marked as spam," Gmail advised its users.

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Keep an eye out for 'Dirty Dozen' tax season scams

Leslie Meredith Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 6:41am

Tax season is here. The IRS expects to receive more than 144 million individual tax returns this year and has set the filing deadline of Tuesday, April 17. It also expects a surge in tax scams.

"Scam artists will tempt people in person, online and by email with misleading promises about lost refunds and free money," IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. "Don't be fooled by these scams."

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Protect yourself from scammers

Leslie Meredith Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 6:08am

Email scams continue to plague us as the new year begins. Even those of us who consider ourselves Internet-savvy are vulnerable -- myself included.

After receiving an email from what appeared to be California's Kings County property tax office saying it had received my $3,000 payment, I almost clicked the enclosed link, which doubtlessly would have led to malware or some scheme aimed at getting financial information.

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