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NEW SCAMMERS FAKE SOCIAL SECURITY EMAIL

With a subject line “Get Protected” it gets your attention when you look at it in your inbox .The email goes through new features from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to help taxpayers monitor their credit reports, and know about unauthorized use of their Social Security number. It even sounds real, as it even cites the IRS and the “American S.A.F.E Act 2015.” but it is all made-up. If you read my previous blog about phishing emails you know this method is used to invite the reader t... READ MORE Posted January 30, 2016 at 11:16 AM

Phishing Scam

A prime example is the following scam during the 2015 Christmas holidays Phishing Messages Deliver Chaos to Consumers this Christmas ( source Kaspersky) DHL and FedEx users are being heavily targeted by scammers during the holiday period. The fraudsters aim is clear: to trick unwitting users to either download a malicious program or enter their confidential data on a phishing site. In one example identified by Kaspersky Lab, an email suggests that the customer’s shipment is at a... READ MORE Posted January 01, 2016 at 06:32 PM

What would you do if you received a call like this?

It was 10 AM and the phone rings. The caller introduced himself as Roy from Microsoft and informed me, that my PC was online and exposed. He assured me that he could fix my issue. There are several scenarios to this type of call. Which one would you choose? 1) Ask for his phone number and department, so that you can call him back? 2) You allow the caller to access your computer for a fee? 3) Call Microsoft to verify the caller's identity? 4) You hang up on the caller? 5) Call 911? 6) Unplug y... READ MORE Posted December 30, 2015 at 02:42 PM