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Emails Coming from This Address are Fraudulent

prohibitionatl.com I was suspicious when emails started arriving in my spam folder from this address. At first, they were trying to get me to open them by claiming that my cloud storage payment had been refused by my credit card. … Continue reading

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When It Launched, People Thought It was a Prank

Gmail (April 1, 2004) It’s hard to believe that it has been 20 years since the launch of this email service. Twenty years! I arbitrarily set the clock for 1 second past midnight PDT for the service launch, just to … Continue reading

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Honestly, I’m Not This Stupid to Fall for the Scams

Two Email Phishing Posts Only 7 Minutes Apart But alert@golmund.com is…

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Is This a Sign of Artificial Intelligence on Steroids?

Spam Emails I can imagine that there are still humans behind this influx of phishing emails, but their ability to flood the market seems suspect. I’ve spoken of telemarketing phone calls previously, here, but in recent times these robocalls have … Continue reading

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It’s Very Hard to be Constantly on the Alert

Phishing Emails You can’t let down your guard, even for a minute. Just two days ago, I got an email from Microsoft that my email account had been signed in by someone in Moscow, Russia. If this wasn’t me, I … Continue reading

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Someone Must be Desperate to Hack My Email Account

Package Delivery Notification In the past three days, I have had more than a dozen spam emails purporting to be from different sources with an identical company image and notification number. I know DHL is an international service, but really? … Continue reading

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What Goes Around…

Comes Around Again Instant Karma it’s called. Donald Trump coined the phrase “Crooked Hillary” during the 2016 Presidential Election. Why? Because she used a private email server while Secretary of State under Obama. Now the shoe is on the other … Continue reading

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