{"id":2068,"date":"2018-06-18T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T14:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"httpss:\/\/technology.dearbornschools.org\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2018-06-18T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T14:17:20","slug":"potential-spam-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/2018\/06\/18\/potential-spam-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential SPAM email"},"content":{"rendered":"
Several people received an email that they thought was SPAM. They reached out to me to check. Here is my response:<\/div>\n
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Thank you for reaching out to me with a suspicious email. In this day and age, it is extremely important to make sure that you don’t fall for phishing attempts.<\/div>\n
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My Dad taught me long ago to “measure twice, cut once”. That advice is relevant here, check twice and make sure before you click on the link.<\/div>\n
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I thought that I would share what I look for in evaluating this email:<\/div>\n
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1. The From email address does seem legitimate. However, this is incredibly easy to mask, so not a very strong indicator of legitimacy (hover your mouse over the name on a computer)<\/div>\n
2. a “recent change in your work status”. I haven’t had a “recent change in my work status, so my spidey sense is starting to activate.<\/div>\n
3. “in the Company’s benefits plans”. Wait a minute, they don’t know which Company that I work for? Spidey sense is tingling.<\/div>\n
4. Hm. The link seems familiar. I’ll type this into a browser (NOT CLICK on the link in the email. when I do, I get an error message (This site can’t be reached…) Spidey sense is buzzing like crazy now.<\/div>\n
5. The phone number. Hm.<\/div>\n
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6. “Your Benefits Manager”. Not a real person. I know people who work in the Benefits Department.<\/p>\n

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Given all this information, this is either an incredibly badly written email from a contractor or a Phishing Attempt (a special type of SPAM designed to steal your information).<\/div>\n
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I would mark this as SPAM and move on.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several people received an email that they thought was SPAM. They reached out to me to check. Here is my response: Thank you for reaching out to me with a suspicious email. In this day and age, it is extremely important to make sure that you don’t fall for phishing attempts. My Dad taught me … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}