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Tasmanian Devil

(47 posts)

7. Phone your cousin

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:08 PM

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Use this an excuse to give your cousin a phone call and see if they sent it. If not, then yeah, I'd take the opportunity to change passwords on all the logins you gave out.

Another tool is to look carefully at the URL's embedded in the links and raw email headers. With practice you can tell malware from legitimate links, but it's not trivial.

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More unneeded stress! - "Paperless Post" - whatever that is! [View all] UTUSN Sunday OP

sounds like a hacking attempt to me... ret5hd Monday #1

I'm usually paranoid, but this time the cousin's info & mine fit and my anti-virus UTUSN Monday #2

Your cousin feels that it is a chic means to present her overture. You are wise to reply with a snail mail card. John1956PA Monday #3

Hah, funny chic peeps! UTUSN Monday #4

Sounds like a forgery to me Tasmanian Devil Monday #5

So the dozen times I clicked & signed in compromised me, hence the Blue Screen? UTUSN Monday #6

Phone your cousin Tasmanian Devil Monday #7