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#phishing

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Oh, clever phishing attempt. Look at that URL. People who are trained to look for https and the domain name can be fooled, since the real domain is what follows the @ sign—the www dot ups dot com part actually indicates a username.

#spam#scam#phishing

I understand that one strategy employed by spammers and phishers is to make their messages stupid and absurd on purpose, so that only gullible and stupid people will fall for them, thus ensuring the scammers won't waste their time trying to scam people smart enough to figure it out.
Nevertheless, the mind boggles at how stupid someone would have to be to fall for a message like the one below, which I received this morning.
#spam #phishing #infosec

How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint

“Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members.

Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity make it much easier for a bad actor to target you and your loved ones for harassment, #phishing, #stalking, and more.”

ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-mana

#aide #phishing potentiel

Besoin d'aide, j'ai fai t intervenir qqn pour un nid de frelon via la plateforme lefrelon.com, je me suis senti en confiance par l'approche collaborative. Après doute, j'ai fait qques recherches, il est référencé dans plein de mairies ou préfecture, dont haute-garonne.fr/service/lutte

Ils m'ont renseigné un apiculteur qui est venu, il doit venir récupérer le nid. Je m'inquiète d'un potentiel repérage et récolte d'infos.

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lefrelon.comFrelon Asiatique - plateforme de signalementPlateforme de signalement des frelons asiatiques en France. Signalez le nid de frelons asiatiques.

I'm slightly amused by this phishing email. It's spoofing the "suspicious login activity" emails that we all get, but because it's fake and you obviously are not the person who is said to have logged in, the button can't say "This was me."

Instead, the prompt is reversed to say "This Wasn't Me."

I have to imagine the first version of this malicious email was composed in error and it actually did read "This Was Me" which would result in even the most gullible person not clicking it.