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Lame spam of the day: Traffic ticket N88790

Robert Weiner

Text: This notification is from the Horseshoe Bend department, your car has been pictured while crossing on the red light. We're testing the automatical identification system and the system of issuing fines, so please have a look at the picture in attachment and confirm whether this car is yours or no.

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Lame spam of the day: I’m in trouble!

Robert Weiner

I've just got the pictures, maybe you know him??? Subject: Fwd: I'm in trouble! Text: I was at a party, got drunk, couldn't drive the car, somebody gave me a lift on my car, and crossed on the red light! Here is the photo (link leads to [link]. I need to find him urgently! MD5 check sum: 4999b6f8af3e65c8a5c3e6f3e1d4999b.

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Preventing Fraud on our Online Giving Pages

Robert Weiner

Payment Processing in Pictures. In the end, every organization must carefully weigh the pros and cons of setting up front-end security that may confuse or frustrate donors, and balance their security needs with concerns related to donor relations. How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud. Fraud Scam'

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Social Media for Revenue or Volunteers? Maybe Not

Robert Weiner

The results of two new surveys paint a bleak picture of the effectiveness of social media for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. The first from Philanthropy Action , has the depressing title, " Social Networking and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's the Use? "

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Optimize Your Web Pages

Robert Weiner

Arcadia Campaigns' Matt Howes, writing on Care2's Frogloop blog, described the testing process: To use [Google Optimizer], you create a web page and variations of that page that you'd like to test (for example, you might want to test if people respond better to a picture of a polar bear or a happy child on your donation page).

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

I think you get the picture. Louis, but anyone can have their picture taken, no? Tale #5: We were contacted by a man whose initials were JC… “The Second.” That was printed on his checks. Theoretically, because I worked at a cathedral, he would have been my boss’s boss’s boss’s boss’s boss.

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