Everybody can get an extension for their browser that alerts like the car dasboard if the site potentially is malicious, has various unsuitable/objectionable content, an unreliable online business, scammers
Using the web of trust browser extension to help expose scammers and other malicious sites.
1. What if our browsers could call out scammers like that late 80's
TV ad did for car salesman Joe Izuzu? (i.e. "He's Scamming")
There is an app for that and it’s easy!
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
2. Go to mywot.com - download this browser add-on,
refresh browser.
It works for smartphones, tablets, notebooks, desktops,
Windows/Apple/Linux, browsers Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera.
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
3. Note: Web of Trust rates trustworthniess.
Among other things, that includes unsuitable content
such as porn and hate speech, sites that may do
identity theft, malicious sites, unreliable online
business sites, and scammers.
The WOT app is like the Oil Gauge or Check Engine
light on your car’s dashboard. When the WOT red
circle appears, you decide if you are still interested in
the site.
4. Once you download the WOT app on your browser, a
ring will appear – usually by the URL to indicate the
trustworthness of the site with a score 0-100.
Score typically 100-80
Score typically 50-0
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
5. Example: WOT Finds a Scam
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – 7, 2012 Thomas
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – September Chuck
6. Rubbish Alert: Picture of a beautiful person living in Mountain
View, California, that’s probably from Manila. (tools to prove it)
Why did “John” and couple others sign this same post as
“Andrea?” (Hint: he may not even know how to speak English –
read on)
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
7. Why is his profile missing? Hmmm…
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
8. “John Duggan” sez you gotta click this site….
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
9. ….but look at the top of your browser (right corner if
Chrome) – it’s zoomed in on this slide
The WOT add-on rated this site with a scarlet circle with
a rating of 5 out of 100 – how fast should you run?
www.realwritingjobs.com claims to be an easy way to
make money at home as an online writer…
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
10. How it looks in Internet Explorer – see the red circles?
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
11. How it looks in Apple Safari: warning is front and center
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
12. If you really want to investigate realwritingjobs.com, on
your browser, swipe and right-click it to activate your fav
search engine. Google found a site revealing it’s a
borderline scam site you will probably pay more in fees
than you will make in publishing articles.
Job Seeker's Defense Against Spammers – Sept 2012 – Chuck Thomas
13. Really Creepy Sites
The ones with the popups. When you leave, popups
will beg you to stay, sometimes even physically
keeping you from leaving. In those instances, close
the browser, killing it with Task Manager (search or
run taskmgr.exe) is necessary, or even shutting the
computer down.
Examples of such sites are “scareware” that makes it
seem your PC is infected with hundreds of viruses in
an attempt to make you buy.