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MerryHolidays

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11. I truly despise it when someone says "Google is your friend"

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 17, 2021, 05:58 PM

Apr 2021

implying that I am too lazy to look it up for myself. My problem with the "Google is your friend" is the basic problem with the internet: there is so much useful information readily available, but there is equally a lot of shite available too.

Anyways, Google was my friend right now, and this seems to be a pretty good answer to my question: https://www.howtogeek.com/413435/is-it-safe-to-preview-your-email/

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I think I've seen a new scam [View all] zipplewrath Apr 2021 OP

Spearphishing. Any unsolicited url links, especially if the sender info does not match documement. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #1

Do you have an advice on how to avoid being phished? MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #5

Nope. Once your name is out there, even if you block/don't reply to them, they are traded online. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #6

TBA, your earlier advice is great! I will start doing this MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #8

No, your email viewer has an option that allows you to view the email source. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #12

Thank you! n/t MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #14

I truly despise it when someone says "Google is your friend" MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #11

I got one as well. sheshe2 Apr 2021 #2

They're not new. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #3

I received a text message like that as well TheRealNorth Apr 2021 #4

I don't do a lot of on line ordering, and as it happens I've never gotten PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #7

I got an email a couple weeks ago saying my doc03 Apr 2021 #9

That link probably installed a virus. padfun Apr 2021 #10

It was a text zipplewrath Apr 2021 #13

I have received two of those text messages. Delmette2.0 Apr 2021 #15