6 sure signs someone is phishing you—besides email

  • 20 September 2018
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September 20th, 2018 By Kayla Matthews
 
There are several common and, unfortunately, frequently successful avenues of attack that cybercriminals can use to part you from your personal contact and financial information. These phishing attack methods include email, phone calls, corrupted software or apps, social media, advertisements, and even direct SMS (text) messages.
 
Beyond the medium used to reach you (which is most often email—still!), what are some of the signs and behaviors to look for? Not every threat is as obvious as you’d hope, and conversations that focus on the inbox only are completely inadequate in the harrowing landscape we now find ourselves in.
 
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Vey good article. Here in Canada, one of the common ones is where u get a phone call claiming someone is from Revenue Canada (IRS) and threatening you to cooperate or you will be arrested. Unfortunately, some people have been taken in by these nefarious crooks.
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This is very useful information for me. Thank you very much for the link!
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Good Article. Thanks.

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