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Post by faskew on May 3, 2018 8:02:59 GMT -5
Another article from Wired News. You'd think by now that every human on earth who owns a cell phone, computer, or fax machine would know about Nigerian emails in all their many variations. But they don't. Not just individuals, but businesses and business owners lose millions each year to Nigerian gangs. Yes, they have expanded their tricks and now use malware, phishing and other standard tricks of scamming, things that all adults should already know about, too, but they're still getting suckers off the classic emails. Keep in mind that this scam is pre-email - it began back in the days of fax machines. Victims would get faxes from Nigerian princes. And still going strong. Sigh. www.wired.com/story/nigerian-email-scammers-more-effective-than-ever/
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Post by raybar on May 3, 2018 14:27:39 GMT -5
I will be complaining at my bank about an email survey they sent out. There is no way I'm clicking on the "click here" button to take the survey. It looks like it's from the bank (credit union, actually), but maybe it's not.
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Post by faskew on May 3, 2018 18:05:38 GMT -5
Sometimes if you hold the cursor over a link you can see where it really goes. The URL might begin with a real place, but then the end shows that it's not. Still, the safest thing to do is not click on ANYTHING unless you're 100% certain that it's OK.
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