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| Phishing | | Phishing | ||
| Have you recently been the victim of phishing? To check, log in to your account by clicking <u>here</u>. | | Have you recently been the victim of phishing? To check, log in to your account by clicking <u>here</u>. | ||
β | | Again, because Randall's What-If email is publicly available, phishers have access to it and can probe the recipient for information. Randall is experienced enough to recognize a phishing attempt and ignore it. This type of phishing scam, in which the scammer requests your personal data for the purported purpose of checking if it has been "stolen" thereby "stealing" it himself, has become more common as people have become aware of phishing | + | | Again, because Randall's What-If email is publicly available, phishers have access to it and can probe the recipient for information. Randall is experienced enough to recognize a phishing attempt and ignore it. This type of phishing scam, in which the scammer requests your personal data for the purported purpose of checking if it has been "stolen" thereby "stealing" it himself, has become more common as people have become aware of phishing and Phishers have thus embraced the possibility of exploiting a new niche in the layers of naivity. |
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| Requests for help with a crime | | Requests for help with a crime |