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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | ROBERT WEINER AUGUST 16, 2012 Lame spam of the day: Fake eFaxes View this fax using your PDF reader. This one's scary since I'm an eFax user. But I was suspicious that it was asking me to click on a link (pointing to a server in Germany) rather than open an attachment. There were lots of warnings in 2010 about fake eFax messages delivering malware. Here's what they look like. link points to [link]. | ROBERT WEINER JANUARY 2, 2012 Lame spam of the day: Instant Acrobat Upgrade Subject: Upgrade to Latest PDF Reader for Windows. Create rich, polished PDF files from any application that prints. Encrypt and share PDF files more securely. This has been a great year for PDF Reader/Writer and it's all because of You. Since Adobe seems to update Acrobat weekly, this message seems plausible. link]. | | | | | |
| | | ROBERT WEINER NOVEMBER 8, 2011 Lame spam of the day: Your Tax Payment ID [various #s] is failed. Variant 2: (These had a PDF attachment rather than a URL to click on. ). I got four of these today. No graphics, butchered syntax. Several mentions that you can call the EFTPS for help, but no phone number. Do people really fall for these things? Sender: message daemon (message.daemon@eftps.com) -- does that inspire confidence? | ROBERT WEINER JANUARY 19, 2012 Lame spam of the day: Validate Your Internet Listing – Yellow PagesUSA The attachment is a PDF so it's most likely safe but not completely risk free. The Yellow Pages using spam to get listings? searched for subject line and found an example of what I'm guessing is the attachment. The fine print at the bottom says: We are compiling data for Yellow PagesUSA Corp. Thank you for your cooperation. 391 NW 179th Ave. | ROBERT WEINER SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 Results of CASE’s 2009 Online Giving Survey Those of you who fundraise for educational institutions or are interested in how they're raising money online should check out the results of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education's 2009 survey on online giving (PDF). Some highlights: read more. | | | | | | | |
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ROBERT WEINER | FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009 Corporate Giving Declined in 2008
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving ( PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ($30.78 Last month we mentioned GivingUSA's annual assessment of individual giving which showed that donations from individuals had dropped 5.7% overall in 2008. million compared to $33.19 MORE >> -
ROBERT WEINER | FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009  GivingUSA Reports a Drop in 2008 Giving
The good news from the annual GivingUSA report ( PDF) on U.S. philanthropy is that total giving for 2008 was estimated to have exceeded $300 billion for the second year in a row, for a total of $307.65 billion. But, unfortunately, most of the news was bad. billion. Taking inflation into account, U.S. giving was down 5.7 Photo: Peter Gerdes. MORE >> -
ROBERT WEINER | SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009 Favorite Free Software
John Taylor at North Carolina State University recommended PDF995 which installs as a printer driver, allowing you to print to a PDF instead of a printer: [link]. Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. Ad-Aware — Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs: [link]. MORE >> -
ROBERT WEINER | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 Creating bookmarks and hyperlinks in Acrobat Pro 5
can still use Acrobat Distiller as a printer to create PDF output, and use Acrobat Pro to edit the output. I’ve tried lots of free PDF creation software and haven’t found one that resolves these problems. Word 2003 and Acrobat Professional 5 aren’t on speaking terms. Instead I’ve found some workarounds. MORE >>
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