{"id":681,"date":"2017-01-31T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/?p=681"},"modified":"2017-02-05T23:15:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T23:15:22","slug":"scams-hackers-how-to-recognize-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/scams-hackers-how-to-recognize-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Scams and Hackers: Can You Recognize Them?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scams are flooding our telephone lines.<\/p>\n

Spammers and hackers are flooding our internet connections and getting viruses, worms, and phishing emails into our computers and email.<\/p>\n

Obviously these scammers and hackers have enough success that they are encouraged to scam and hack even more.<\/p>\n

How are they so successful?<\/p>\n

Can you recognize an attempt to hack into your computer or elicit sensitive information from you when one such email enters your inbox?<\/p>\n

We will begin a series on how to identify these, what to look for, so that you’re not the victim of a cyber-attack.<\/p>\n

Below is one spam message that we received the other day.\u00a0 It is easily identifiable as a hacking attempt to infect our computers in so many ways. I’ve omitted including the hack link, of course.<\/p>\n

See how many identifiers you can find.<\/p>\n

See below:
\n___________________________________________________________________________________
\nDear Joey,<\/span><\/p>\n

Your item has arrived at the USPS Post Office at January 23, but the courier was unable to deliver parcel to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Download postal receipt attached to e-mail!<\/span><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kind thoughts,<\/span><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Freddie Horne,<\/span><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

USPS Support Agent.<\/span><\/div>\n
___________________________________________________________________________________<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0I identified at least ELEVEN errors that immediately stood out to me as an obvious attempt to infiltrate my computer.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
What are they?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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And the 12th obvious indication?<\/p>\n

Please add your responses to the COMMENT box below. Let’s see if we can get all twelve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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