Tag: fraudulent email

“Your Microsoft account has been compomised [sic]. Click this link to reset your connecton [sic].” Does this message look familiar, typos and all? We’ve all seen suspicious emails or calls attempting to steal personal information. One unfortunate drawback of our tech-enabled world is that scams are increasingly common. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint…
The old and the young are most susceptible to scammers using fake identities to extract money from their victims. People in their 50s who went to college are in the sweet spot and are much better at resisting them. The question is how to prevent the vulnerable from falling prey to imposter scams, which account…