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SHARING EXCELLENT INFO to Avoid FALLING for Hacking Tricks.

ciao_bella — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:35:54 GMT

Sharing and passing informative info on to you all. Even the best of us can get tricked by hackers.

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deepwaterdotter — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:41:41 GMT

Good to know, Thanks.

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shoesnbags — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:50:19 GMT

That's a good one! Thanks so much @ciao_bella .

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on the bay — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:53:19 GMT

Wow! I never would have known! Thank you for showing this @ciao_bella

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NicksmomESQ — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:01:32 GMT

I never click on emails from my financial institutions unless I initiate the conversation. I have their websites saved in my browser. I go into my browser & click on them from there. I also never save the login info on my tablet. I have them written down on an index card, stored in a safe place.

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Love my grandkids — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:20:15 GMT

@ciao_bella Great post. I started doing this years ago when I got a phishing email. I called the place that I was sure it was NOT from and they clued me in about this.

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Goodie2shoes — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:25:12 GMT

Thanks so much !! I did not know that !

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Shelbelle — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:30:37 GMT

Great advice, I know a few who were hacked and it is not a pleasant situation

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Natureluvr — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:59:43 GMT

Thank you

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meallen616 — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:17:32 GMT

@ciao_bella,

Much appreciated,

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Susan Louise — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:24:08 GMT

@ciao_bella Wow...just wow. Thanks for the info!

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Franklinbell — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:38:44 GMT

@ciao_bella @Thanks for sharing!

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SaveTheTurtles — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 01:12:11 GMT

WOW. Thanks for the heads up on this. Gotta stay ahead of the bad guys!

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IMW — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:45:06 GMT

Took me readings to get it.

Thanks

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depglass — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:20:33 GMT

I'm pretty smug because I've never been hacked. I almost was last week, though. Email from Netflix telling me my auto-payment was rejected and they needed something re-submitted. Since I've been planning on canceling Netflix anyway, I ignored it. Then checking my bank statement for something else, I notice the payment went through. Whew! Now to cancel the account myself.

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Caffeina — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:43:26 GMT

You can't always tell if a URL is legit even though the correct address with the correct letters are visible in an email or online link. To be sure, check the status bar and/or address bar.

For example, https://www.qvc.com .

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Mindy D — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:36:23 GMT

@depglass wrote:
I'm pretty smug because I've never been hacked. I almost was last week, though. Email from Netflix telling me my auto-payment was rejected and they needed something re-submitted. Since I've been planning on canceling Netflix anyway, I ignored it. Then checking my bank statement for something else, I notice the payment went through. Whew! Now to cancel the account myself.

@depglass @I posted about this scam email a couple of days ago. I forwarded copies of both to Netflix's stop pfishing site. You will probably get a second email, worded differently than the first one. You can delete it.

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Estellee — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:07:19 GMT

@ciao_bella Thanks, good info.