Category: Phishing
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When To Ignore vs. When To Act
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Trusted Senders…
I have received a lot of spam in my day, and I have looked at some of it to see what tricks the bad guys are playing. I received this e-mail on my phone this morning. Please note, it was in my Inbox, and did not go into Junk. Does Microsoft use contractions? You’ve in…
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A Class Act!
I wrote an article that went live earlier called “Do You People READ?” that was inspired by someone who reached out (through an automated tool) on LinkedIn. I even admitted in the article (a word that I seem to be having tremendous trouble typing today on this damned ‘ergonomic’ keyboard) that I was having a…
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Am I Being Watched? Possible, unlikely…
I received this e-mail – apparently from myself – earlier this week. I have actually gotten many of these e-mails over the past few months. On the surface, my e-mail has obviously been hacked – after all, how else could the sender send an e-mail from my own account? Here’s the problem… it was not…
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Another Way To Scam You…
This morning I got this text message: There is only one problem: I do not now, nor (to the best of my recollection) have I ever banked with Scotiabank. Don’t look now folks, but the bad guys have found another way to try to steal your money. Text Message Phishing. This one is easily spotted.…
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Gone Phishing… NO!!!!
I remember the first time I got a phishing request from a bank. Not only was it a bank I had never done business with, I had in fact never heard of them. I looked into it, and sure enough they were a real bank… but that didn’t change the fact that I did not…
The World According to Mitch 