![]() They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the September 2022 patches. The October 2022 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, October 4, 2022. And during October’s cyber security month, it seems like even more so. I contacted a nephew of my friend to alert him that he needs to reset his email password and review is account and computer for issues. The scammer can then redirect any inbound email so when someone responds, like I did, to his email, the scammers then send back a responding email. From there the attacker can log in and pretend to be him and email people in his contact list. So how did my friend get hacked? More than likely he has either reused his password on the email account or he got tricked (phished) into entering it on a web site. And because the vast majority of frauds are not reported to the government, this reflects only a fraction of the harm these scams cause” In a FTC news release last year they said “In the first nine months of 2021 alone, nearly 40,000 people reported $148 million stolen using gift cards. Can you purchase it from your end for me? I’ll refund it to you once my bank sorts the issue out. ![]() I intend to buy it for my niece whose birthday is today. ![]() I contacted my bank and they told me it would take a couple of days to get it sorted. Good To hear from you I’ve been trying to purchase a $200 AMAZON E-Gift card in $100 denomination by email, but it says they are having issues charging my card. Interested to see what the scam was about I answered, “Yes”. But I played along anyway just to see what the scam was all about. ![]() I could tell from how it was worded that it wasn’t truly from him, that someone was pretending to email from his account. Posted on Octoat 18:37 CDT by Susan Bradley
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