March 7th, 2011
Filed in: General
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Yahoo!7 is thrilled to be partnering with the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce to highlight the personal side and impact of scams during National Consumer Fraud Week 7-13 March. Here are some tips to keep scammers at arm’s length:
- PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY – your personal details are private and invaluable – keep them that way and away from scammers
- DON’T RESPOND – ignore suspicious emails, letters, phone calls or text messages – press ‘delete’, throw them out or just hang up
- DON’T LET SCAMMERS PUSH YOUR BUTTONS – scammers will play on your emotions to get what they want
- RESIST THE PERSONAL TOUCH – watch out for scammers posing as someone that you know and trust, or pretending to know you.
Scammers stop at nothing to target victims, including adopting a personal touch. Increasingly scammers are finding ways to get information about your personal profile and use this to play on your relationships with people and organisations you know and trust.
The effects of scams on victims can be devastating, potentially causing psychological, financial, familial and social harm. Scams can also have a considerable impact on business, with fraudsters’ misuse of people’s trust in reputable brands or companies having the power to shake consumer confidence to the core.
Don’t let scammers into your life – make sure you protect your identity.
Check out Scams: It’s Personal for more information on National Consumer Fraud Week, an initiative of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce.
March 4th, 2011
Filed in: Competitions
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C’mon, join the fun. Enter the Yahoo! Messenger Faceoff Contest Today!
Do you love emoticons as much as our 500,000+ Yahoo! Messenger Facebook fans do? From now through to March 18th, show us your best emoticon impression for a chance to have your face turned into a brand new Yahoo! Messenger emoticon to be added to the Yahoo! Messenger emoticon gallery.
Check out the Yahoo! Messenger Faceoff Contest on our Facebook fan page. Join the fun by simply submitting a photo of yourself imitating your favourite emoticon. Then encourage friends and family to vote for your submission in the Faceoff gallery or to submit their own photos if they think they can do better! After two rounds of voting, the winner with the most votes will have their face turned into a brand new emoticon for the world to use.
Go ahead – show the world your best smiley! If you’re too shy to submit a photo, visit the Faceoff gallery to vote for your favourites and support your friends.
Which emoticon are YOU?
- Yahoo! Messenger Team
The fine print: This contest is open to anyone in the world, not just US residents, so what are you waiting for!
February 18th, 2011
Filed in: Applications,General
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Whilst you are enjoying a leisurely breakfast this weekend, spare a thought for the ‘Yahoos’ in Sydney who will be hard at work at 8am pitting their brains against the finest developers in NSW at a Government Development Day. This event gives web designers and developers the opportunity to turn NSW Government data into practical, easy to use applications.
Yahoo!7 understands the value of getting a range of developers together in a competitive environment so comfort zones can be challenged and amazing things can happen. The data the participants will be accessing is provided by the government so is open and allowable. Yahoo!7 has been working closely with government departments on many security initiatives recently (Safer Internet Day, and CyberSafety) and now it’s time to have some fun! So many thanks to the organisers for putting this event on for technology enthusiasts such as ourselves (okay so we’re more than enthusiasts, we’re totally committed!).
Yahoo!7 has a score of engineers participating in this exciting and challenging government event. Other Yahoos will also be on hand during the day to help developers, assist in proceedings and speak about the YQL platform, a platform which is speeding up the process of building great applications, such as apps for Mail.
Yahoo!7 will be doing our best to compete and we’re especially keen as not only will we be assisting external developers to more easily access appropriate government data but it’s an opportunity for our own beloved engineers to showcase their skills, hone their creativity and celebrate their involvement as cutting-edge developers. Wish us well!
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