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Posted on 11/1/18 at 11:07 am to anc
I get about 3 emails a day, from my own email address. They state they have hacked my computer and have access to everything. They even provide an old password that I haven't used in over 10 years. They all say they've downloaded everything, and that I have tons of porn, and they accessed my camera and have me on video, masturbating. Every emails points out how weird my fetishes are. The emails are obviously coming from overseas, considering how bad the grammar and the little command of the English language is.
They are going to send everything to all my contacts within 48 hours if I don't sent them $800 in bitcoin! Even give instructions on how to create a bitcoin wallet. These retards even send them in some oriental language, from time to time.
I imagine they've made a lot of money on this particular scam.
They are going to send everything to all my contacts within 48 hours if I don't sent them $800 in bitcoin! Even give instructions on how to create a bitcoin wallet. These retards even send them in some oriental language, from time to time.
I imagine they've made a lot of money on this particular scam.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 11:55 pm to greygoose
My company sends out bait emails and required training for the suckers who take the hook. It is a real problem. It sucks. I had my laptop stolen out of my car and they shut it down and pinpointed it minutes after I reported it. It is nuts. All history deleted and rendered useless.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 12:13 am to anc
TBH, I'm less on my guard with my work computer than at home. An IT department's top priority is to protect it's company computers. So, they should be the main ones filtering, not the employee.
Therefore, if i get an email from the CEO, or someone important in the company, and it looked legit, yeah I could see myself clicking on it.
But, I have already gotten some obvious email shite that I knew was fake or phishing.
Therefore, if i get an email from the CEO, or someone important in the company, and it looked legit, yeah I could see myself clicking on it.
But, I have already gotten some obvious email shite that I knew was fake or phishing.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 2:33 am to GrammarKnotsi
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GrammarKnotsi
I type like a motherfricker. You hiring?
Posted on 11/3/18 at 2:41 am to anc
So, last year, our team ordered shirts to commemorate the project we'd been working on. The dude handling all this was at our Orlando location, and we thought the shirts would be sent to our on site company store, and we'd pay there.
A few weeks pass, during which we all were required to take a little online course about cyber security. Then we all get an email, ostensibly from the dude who placed the order, asking us to send money to a personal PayPal account. This sent up some red flags, so none of us sent it.
Project manager calls us into his office and asks why we haven't sent the money. We told him about our concerns, and the fact that we had just gone through this course, and he couldn't understand why we wouldn't send money to this account that didn't even have the dude's name on it.
A few weeks pass, during which we all were required to take a little online course about cyber security. Then we all get an email, ostensibly from the dude who placed the order, asking us to send money to a personal PayPal account. This sent up some red flags, so none of us sent it.
Project manager calls us into his office and asks why we haven't sent the money. We told him about our concerns, and the fact that we had just gone through this course, and he couldn't understand why we wouldn't send money to this account that didn't even have the dude's name on it.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 2:46 am to anc
What amazes me lately are people falling for the fake Facebook pages that say share this and you could win such and such prize.
Like the Ellen DeGeneres pages that are going around... That is CLEARLY not Ellen.
Like the Ellen DeGeneres pages that are going around... That is CLEARLY not Ellen.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 8:53 am to RileyTime
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What amazes me lately are people falling for the fake Facebook pages that say share this and you could win such and such prize.
Like the Ellen DeGeneres pages that are going around... That is CLEARLY not Ellen.
I have several, retard FB friends that do this. Tyler Perry is going to send me a ton of cash if I like his page!
Posted on 11/3/18 at 9:23 am to anc
The number one rule with email is...
If you are not 100 percent sure you know the sender, do not open it.
If the message is legitimate and important and you don’t read it, the sender will contact you in some other way like a text or phone call.
The risk is just not worth it.
If you are not 100 percent sure you know the sender, do not open it.
If the message is legitimate and important and you don’t read it, the sender will contact you in some other way like a text or phone call.
The risk is just not worth it.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 9:24 am to anc
Ours was worse. 50% clicked link and 50% of those entered their credentials. We are rolling out a mandatory training course.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 9:32 am to bengalbait
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I'd like to know how much money those Nigerian prince scams bring in yearly
Nigerians have shifted to work from home scams that people fall for all the time. They'll ask you to be a payment processor for American clients and they'll be paying you through PayPal. They'll let you keep a small percentage of the money you receive and you'll wire the rest to them. What they don't tell you is the money you're receiving is funded by stolen credit cards and you're legally on the hook for it.
Other scams that I've seen people fall for working in compliance:
Indian tech scams. They'll send an e-mail with Microsoft or Apple's logo embedded in it and people will think they're actually from Microsoft or Apple.
Romance scams. This shouldn't need an explanation.
Relative-in-need scams. They'll call you claiming that a younger relative has been arrested and they need you to wire money to bail them out. They'll often have someone scream in the background to make it seem more urgent.
This post was edited on 11/3/18 at 9:40 am
Posted on 11/3/18 at 9:49 am to anc
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anc
Do we work for the same company?? This exact thing has been happening at my work.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 9:51 am to greygoose
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. They even provide an old password that I haven't used in over 10 years. They all say they've downloaded everything, and that I have tons of porn, and they accessed my camera and have me on video, masturbating.
Do they really have your old password? Do they really have your porno?
Posted on 11/3/18 at 12:47 pm to anc
Failing our IT tests a certain number of times in a row is grounds for termination at my company. Not saying it’s an automatic but it can be used if need be. And our emails are more obvious than the ones you describe
Posted on 11/3/18 at 1:09 pm to VADawg
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Indian tech scams. They'll send an e-mail with Microsoft or Apple's logo embedded in it and people will think they're actually from Microsoft or Apple.
I saw something where an IT guy pretended to fall for it and opened a virtual machine, then let the scammer into that. Scammer was furious.
I wouldn't mind getting an old throwaway computer just to mess with those scumbags.
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