Hello folks,
Here are two articles which we put in to EMHS’s resources page that I want to highlight today.
Can you spot the giveaway in this scam email?
This one needs a little bit of explaining. Komando staff got an email which on the surface looked pretty legit. That is, until they spotted things that were a tell tale sign of a scam. Luckily, they didn’t act hastily or they wouldn’t be talking about it today.
The article does describe what was found from within the email, but I wish that they do what I do, show the email so people like you and I can see what is actually going on. Images don’t tell us anything, especially when they aren’t alt tagged describing what they’re there for.
The text may be enough to help though, so I’m putting it up here.
Security warning: Watch out for Social Security scammers
This one could hit quite a number of people and various kinds of ways. The fact that social security is received and there’s many forms of it give you a prime target and lots of innocent people to target.
Luckily, I know that I received my letter telling me what I am getting and I already started receiving it. We’ll see what happens, but its still early.
Why scammers would tell you you’re receiving a raise when that happens at the beginning of the year is beyond me. That’s strange to me.
Be alert, be aware and learn. Thanks for reading!
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