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10 Things I Know About ... Email scams

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Michelle Drolet

10. Nigerian prince lives. The royalty who wants to send you money is the oldest scam in the book, yet it continues to lure victims. Phishing works by creating false trust to give up log-in credentials, click a bogus URL or download a malware-infected file.

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New LinkedIn E-Mail Scam

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Michelle Drolet

Hi all, there is an e-mail scam doing the rounds. The message is an invite from some random person you won’t know with a link (how original). If you get such a message don’t use the link, check your LinkedIn account as if it’s a legit request it will be there waiting for approval. Even if it is legit, make sure you vet all invite requests carefully. I have had several dodgy requests from what I believe to be bogus profiles who are likely up to no good. LinkedIn is about the quality of yourfalse

Dealing with Phishing Messages

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Michelle Drolet

According to the article in Dark Reading, Study: Phishing Messages Elude Filters, Frequently Hit Untrained Users, many people are still being tripped up by phishing emails. The article summarizes the findings of a survey that was conducted at the Black Hat USA security conference held in July 2012. Of the 250 conference attendees that were polled, 69% said that phishing messages get past spam filters and into users’ inboxes on a weekly basis. Over 25% indicated that top executives and otherfalse

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Microsoft Windows Update emails try to steal your Gmail, Yahoo, AOL passwords...

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Michelle Drolet

Beware any emails which claim to come from privacy@microsoft.com - it could be that you're being targeted in an attack designed to steal your AOL, Gmail, Yahoo or Windows Live password. At first glance, if you don't look too carefully, the emails entitled "Microsoft Windows Update" may appear harmless enough. But the grammatical errors and occasional odd language should raise alarms bells that the emails may not really be from Microsoft. Dear Windows User, It has come to our attention thatfalse

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