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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

SKY WATCH FRIDAY - AND SCAM NEWS ALERT

This was Wednesday, the 7th.  Interesting skies and weather for New York this week!





A VERY GUSTY DAY - fast moving clouds, a bright sun above them sending down slanting rays in all different directions as the clouds scudded across the sky.  A chopper circled endlessly looking at some  event below.

IT WAS A HOLD-ON-TO-YOUR-HAT DAY!

More scam news
Below, a newspaper clip just received from my nephew who lives in Kent, England!  Published two days ago!


Last night the moon was hard to catch as thick clouds swept across the sky,  hiding her faster than I could reset the camera!



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METRO 

Simultaneously, I learned from my local police station in New York City (Precinct 6)
that the news media is reporting that email providers AOL,
YAHOO and HOTMAIL are advising user subscribers
to change their passwords.  Many accounts have been scammed, as mine was last week. I have not yet seen,  or read any such report, but I am passing this information on if you think you have been made vulnerable.  For instance, if you were asked to update your account recently by someone pretending to be your provider (you wouldn't know), then that is a suspicious event.  It happened to me. I was tricked!







THIS WAS THE DAY BEFORE,  (Tuesday, the 6th)  WHEN THE AIR WAS STILL,  AND THE LARGE PUFFY CLOUDS JUST HUNG OVERHEAD




For more SKY WATCH FRIDAY go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/ 



13 comments:

  1. What a glorious puff-ball of a cloud!

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  2. It WAS a very windy day yesterday, Wednesday. I love the clouds. Big, beautiful!

    There was a news report several days ago about someone who published online ALL the passwords of user's HotMail accounts. Did you hear about that. Microsoft claims that they weren't hacked into but that the users were phished.

    Paz

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  3. Thanks Paz. Didn't see the news here but have just posted a clip from a Kent (UK) newspaper of two days ago.

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  4. Love all three shots! Each one so different -- personality all it's own and all gorgeous. Love the puffy clouds and the rays! Really beautiful captures, Margaret. And thanks for the heads up!

    Have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  5. Lovely clouds

    I work closely with our IT people and I always tell people NEVER EVER EVER EVER click a link in an email from anyone when it pertains to an online account. You can always go to your account via the internet to see if you do indeed need to administer your online account. Regardless who is sending it the email, regardless of how real the logo looks.

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  6. Great cloud shots...thanks for sharing. And, as Daryl said, "never ever click a link in an email when it pertains to an online account."

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  7. Your photos are so beautiful!

    thanks for the heads up on phishing.

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  8. You did capture a puffy cloud and the other looks neat with the suns rays.
    Great photos.

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  9. Beautiful SWF photos. It looks like God is looking down on us at the first one :)

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  10. Beautiful Sky Watch photos ;--)
    Thanks for the news!
    Hugs and blessings,
    Sacred Ruminations

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  11. Beautiful skies! And, thanks for the information!

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  12. A lovely selection of skies.
    Thanks for advice about phishing.

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  13. Love your first shot, truly the light of heaven beaming upon the earth below.

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