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Midnightwalk

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16. Yeah that crosses the line

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Tue May 11, 2021, 07:58 PM

May 2021

We’ve gotten ones saying you are due a new laptop and some security alert ones to either entice you or scare you to click the link.

From colleagues who got caught you have to take the training again. The first few times caught some people. I don’t hear anyone getting caught any more. My manager got caught by one.

This one crosses the line. They shouldn’t have touched the virus and even a bonus seems too far.

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Alert! Phishing that required a little examination. [View all] LAS14 May 2021 OP

pshing demtenjeep May 2021 #1

Phishing n/t MerryHolidays May 2021 #2

thank you demtenjeep May 2021 #4

It sucks no matter how you spell it! MerryHolidays May 2021 #6

Yeah, I knew that. Thanks! This a.m. I wrote "north shore" as "north sure..." Sigh... nt LAS14 May 2021 #5

I got one of those - checked the bank account connected to PayPal and no such transaction lisa58 May 2021 #3

I've received three almost identical ones... RegularJam May 2021 #7

I got six concerned phone calls from "Amazon" within thirty minutes struggle4progress May 2021 #8

Like you say go directly to the site Midnightwalk May 2021 #9

This! Never click through using the links in the email. Open a new window Arkansas Granny May 2021 #13

If it looks like a scam, it probably is one! Initech May 2021 #10

And even sometimes when it doesn't. n/t moonscape May 2021 #11

I get shit like that all the time... Wounded Bear May 2021 #12

And sometimes it's just a company getting their employees' hopes up in a phishing test muriel_volestrangler May 2021 #14

That's a bs test. Phoenix61 May 2021 #15

Right-the Email Sender Address is always the dead giveaway of a scam Stallion May 2021 #18

Yeah that crosses the line Midnightwalk May 2021 #16

When I get an email supposedly from my bank or credit card giving me a number to call, marie999 May 2021 #17

Whenever you see "Dear User" or "Dear [email name]", ignore it. brooklynite May 2021 #19