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The Amazon Scam!

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:02:05 +0000

Had a few calls from concerned customers about phone calls from Amazon.

There is a scam reported on Amazon about these ‘callers’ try to get you a refund. This is a scam.

Some tips on spotting scammers:

If you get a call from someone who asks to take control of your computer – hang up – It’s a Scam
If you get asked to transfer money – Don’t – It’s a scam.
If you get a suspect email pertaining to ‘have control’ / ‘Have video of you’ / ‘want bitcoins’ – Junk them – It’s a Scam.

If in ANY DOUBT about any call / email then talk to someone who knows what is what.

BT Broadband issues Jan 2017

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:26:49 +0000

Many clients have contacted me regarding connection issues with their BT Broadband.
Early Jan 2017 BT have suffered what appears to be severe issues with their DNS Servers. What these DNS machines do is ‘find’ the location of the computer that is running a website or email account you are trying to reach from your Device. Since the BT DNS Machine is not working you get a connection error ‘page not found’ / ‘problem connecting’ etc etc.
The problem has occurred in the evenings. If you get a connection then Google ‘How to change my DNS Settings’ and change from default to 8.8.8.8 will help.

Keep your WordPress / Joomla or Drupal site updated

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:38:35 +0000

You may be aware that there is a cyber war going on involving hackers and developers. The hackers are always one step ahead and continually attempt, and succeed to hack websites built on the WordPress, Joomla or Drupal platforms to name a few.

You need to make sure your website is up to date with the latest version of these platforms and all plugins & Modules are patched. For WordPress you can easily do this in ADMIN, whose Dashboard will tell you what needs updating. If this appears a bit daunting then call your developers in to quote you on these works.

The last thing you want is a hacked website that your Host takes down for delivering malicious content. I also expect your customer may not like it either.

Are you forwarding your email – Beware?

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:05:07 +0000

Many people are forwarding email from their website Contact Forms to other addresses like @gmail.com. If you are doing this just check that the ‘forwarding’ still works!

You may be aware that over 85% of all email now crossing the internet is SPAM. As a result your own and many ISPs are fighting to keep genuine email flowing by enforcing their own rules to reject potential spam. These rules very across all ISPs and so you need to check their policies to make sure email is getting to you.

A simple test is to send an email to your website address from your own address and see if the ‘forwarding’ works.

Website Hosting Solutions launch

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 09:44:07 +0000

Welcome to our new website. If you are a client of LWS Marketing and have received a notification of transfer to Website Hosting Solutions, then you have come to the right place.

If you have any questions or concerns please email Julian at julian@website-hosting.solutions or call 01903 790040 for a chat.

We look forward to providing a dedicated service to manage all your Hosting, Email. Domain and Development as you have enjoyed whilst at LWS Marketing.

Best Regards
Julian