-=> Mark Hofmann wrote to Thecivvie <=-

T>> It is scary how clever scammers are getting these days. It is nearly
T>> impossible to stay up with them
 MH>
 MH> Especially due to the fact there is so much information available on
 MH> people just a few clicks away.
 MH>
 MH> When you have information on the person you are trying to scam, that
 MH> makes it way easier.  For instance if you know the head of finance in a
 MH> company that approves bill payments, you can contact them posing as a
 MH> different company that is trying to collect an ourstanding bill that
 MH> will shut-off some type of important service.
 MH>
 MH> The person has a higher chance of falling for it when there is background
 MH> knowledge of the individual names, etc.  You can even use names of
 MH> people in the originazation you found on Linkedin or something just to
 MH> make it sound more real.
 MH>

And the more that people interact with stupid Facebook games, the more they gove
away. People seem to have become very stupid these days when it comes to
security

Sean


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