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SPAM we’ll get you
THERE
SPAM, Phishing, Fraud, Identity Theft, Website I was reminded of this when a reunion planner
Security, Email Scams. If you are on the internet, forwarded an email he received from the reunion
you are familiar with these terms. It is the risk we association president. Their names have been
take when connecting in the digital world. blocked for privacy reasons, but the sender email
has not.
welcome to THERE.
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Douglas Hackett <o4zbill@o4z.org.zw>
To: rontrippett@comcast.net
Date: October 11, 2018 at 11:19 AM Pikes Peak - America’s Mountain, the U.S. Air
Subject: Hello Force Academy and the National Museum of
World War II Aviation create the backdrop for
Hi Ron, reconnecting with old friends. Fly into the
I would like to know if you will be able to execute a payment to a Vendor today. We have a pending invoice Colorado Springs Airport to start the fun sooner,
from the vendor. I have asked them to email me a copy of the invoice and i will appreciate it if you can and let our professional staff help you plan a
handle it today. Kindly let me know so I can forward you the necessary details for the payment. reunion to remember in Olympic City USA.
Regards,
Douglas
Sent from my iPhone
VisitCOS.com/meet
This is just one of the many types of phishing emails verification of account information. In this age
many of us receive on a daily basis. Wikipedia of digital communication, it would make sense
defines phishing as the fraudulent attempt to obtain that my bank would want to confirm my account
sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, information via email. However, Navy Federal Credit
and credit card details, often for malicious reasons Union is not my bank. Imagine if it is yours.
by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic How can you tell if they are real? If you are not
communication. Or simply put, someone posing sure, check the sender email address. I highly doubt
as someone you know to get sensitive information that o4zbill@o4z.org.zw is the reunion president’s
from you via email. email. In some cases, the phishing sender email
Over the course of the last week, MRN has will be close to the legitimate organization. The
received emails from Navy Federal Credit Union, address of the Microsoft Office 365 phishing email
Office 365, and Dr. DanKwa Anisson who believes was office.intel@server.it. Microsoft emails would
MRN is the sole heir to a lost fortune. While Dr. include @microsoft.com. There was no mention of
Anisson’s email is obvious, Navy Federal and Office Microsoft. If you are not paying attention, it could
365 look a bit more legitimate. Both have official seem true. A good rule of thumb, “when in doubt,
looking logos and verbiage. They are requesting delete it”.
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