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20120220 - Fake iPad / iPhone Giveaway and Email or Account suspension notice

posted Feb 19, 2012 6:15 PM by Aldrin Khaw

There is currently a spate of fake emails masquerading as Apple Giveaways or email and/or account suspension notices' (from Telstra or your web provider). These emails are FAKE and are designed to extract user account or address information from you. Please delete these messages from your mailbox immediately, and empty your deleted items to ensure the email is properly purged from your mail database.

If you are uncertain about the legitimacy of the email you are receiving, please contact your manager or contact us so we can verify for you. It is safer to err on the side of caution when dealing with any emails that request your personal details and/or passwords.

20120125 - Precise IT Email Outage

posted Jan 25, 2012 4:40 AM by Aldrin Khaw

Due to environmental conditions, our in house mail server has experienced a hardware failure and is currently offline. If you need to contact us, please do so by phone while we attend to the server replacement. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 

20120223 - Happy Chinese New Year

posted Jan 23, 2012 4:45 PM by Aldrin Khaw

We take this opportunity to wish all our clients a Happy Chinese New Year.
May the year of the Dragon bring you luck and prosperity in all the things that you do.

Precise IT Operating Hours over Christmas / New Year 2012

posted Dec 20, 2011 6:55 PM by Aldrin Khaw   [ updated Jan 2, 2012 7:06 PM ]

Precise IT will be closing from the 23rd of December 2011 till the 9th of January 2012. During this period we will be contactable for emergencies via email / mobile phones.

From all of us at Precise IT, we take this opportunity to wish all our friends and clients a very safe and

Merry Christmas and, A Happy and Prosperous 2012.

We look forward to being of continued service to you in 2012.

Please note: Unofficial operations start on the 3rd of January to handle pre-scheduled server installations only.
Normal support services will resume from the 9th of January onwards.

20111026 - Fake Financial Statements in emails laced with Virus

posted Oct 25, 2011 7:47 PM by Aldrin Khaw   [ updated Oct 25, 2011 7:52 PM ]

Please be aware that there are a lot of emails titled "End of Aug. Statement:" which contains a virus within the attachment. If you receive any emails with attachments from people you don't know, please make sure you contact the person responsible for the finances within your organisation to confirm if it is a legitimate email before opening. Delete any other suspect emails and empty your deleted items to ensure that the suspect mail is properly purged. The usual signs of a suspect email is the email address of the sender which normally ends with @hotmail.com or @ymail.com or gmail.com.

20111006 - World Mourns as Technology Visionary, Steve Jobs, passes on.

posted Oct 6, 2011 12:37 AM by Aldrin Khaw   [ updated Oct 6, 2011 7:41 AM ]

The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, has lost his battle with cancer and passed on earlier today, one day after Apple announced the predecessor of the iPhone 4, the iPhone 4s. Steve Jobs has been the face of Apple in the last decade and has brought us such amazing gadgets as the iPod, iPod touch, iPad and the iPhone. He has been fighting a rare pancreatic cancer for 8 years and sadly, lost his battle this morning. A simple memorial page has been listed on the Apple website in honour of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was 56 years old.
 
Precise IT are saddened by the lost of one of the worlds technological visionary and genius. Our deepest condolences and sympathy to the Jobs family.

20110930 - SPAM Alert 'International Money Transfer Advice..."

posted Sep 29, 2011 4:46 PM by Aldrin Khaw   [ updated Sep 29, 2011 5:51 PM ]

An email with the subject line:

International Money Transfer Advice of funds sent’ has been sent to a large number of people this morning. This is a spam message which will only propagate more if opened. Please delete the message immediately - do not click on the links or attachments. Always refrain from opening these types of messages unless you are certain of it's origins. If you are not sure, please contact your manager or, if you have manager approval, contact us at Precise IT.

20110927 - ATO and invoicing email scam

posted Sep 26, 2011 7:00 PM by Aldrin Khaw   [ updated Sep 26, 2011 7:03 PM ]

We have noticed an influx of suspect emails coming in from info@ato.gov.au and spammers posing as suppliers and emailing zipped invoices. Please be aware that these are scams and the links within the emails lead to fraudulent websites. If you are not certain, please do not click on the links. Check with your bookkeeper or accountant to confirm the legitimacy of the email.

20110922 - Microsoft warns about phone scams

posted Sep 21, 2011 11:38 PM by Aldrin Khaw   [ updated Sep 22, 2011 1:06 AM ]

As we have received several calls from clients regarding scammers posing as IT or tech support from Microsoft and requesting access to computers, we are re-iterating the warning that was put out by Microsoft last month.

Microsoft has previously issued warnings related to a phone scam that has left many victims hundreds of dollars out of pocket and also caused the users PC's to be compromised. Please be aware that this is still an ongoing issue and any calls you receive requesting access to your computer system should be treated with caution.


For more information relating to the scams, please follow the link below ...

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/post/microsoft-issues-warning-on-phone-scam


20110916 - Planned ADSL upgrades at Bateman exchange 23 till 24 September

posted Sep 16, 2011 4:21 AM by Aldrin Khaw

The Bateman exchange will experience ADSL service disruptions from 2300 on the 23rd of September, till 0700 on the 24th. This is dues to an infrastructure upgrade at this exchange. We apologise for the inconvenience that this essential upgrade may cause.

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