In the never-ending Darwinian struggle of predators and their intended prey, the phishing scammers (the people who try to gull you into revealing sensitive information to them by sending you a convincing but deceptive email that baits the trap so that you will click on a weblink or download a destructive file) are getting better and better, meaning that those of us who don't want to be prey need to more perceptive and careful all the time. Below is today's first scam.
What's interesting is how good the email looks -- but when you hover your mouse over the baited link (DON'T CLICK UNKNOWN LINKS, hover over them with the mouse to see where they will take you if you are unwise enough to click on them), it reveals a URL from Brazil (carlosbrusman.com.br).
What's interesting is how good the email looks -- but when you hover your mouse over the baited link (DON'T CLICK UNKNOWN LINKS, hover over them with the mouse to see where they will take you if you are unwise enough to click on them), it reveals a URL from Brazil (carlosbrusman.com.br).
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