13/2/2024 0 Comments Beware of myGov scam emailsYet another scam email in my Inbox today.
This one caught my eye, because I know a lot of people might fall for it and give away their myGov login details. There are lots of variations on this theme, in terms of scam emails that pretend to be from the ATO or myGov - so please be on guard.
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Last week, I had a remote appointment with a client who had very recently suffered the trauma of being scammed.
What was different about this client in comparison to many victims I see is that she was young and quite tech-savvy, and she had done lots of on-the job-training about scam detection. So she really was so shocked that she had been caught out, and wanted to discuss how she could better protect herself in future. Unfortunately, she fell for the scam because
7/12/2023 0 Comments How a scammer hijacked this client's emails - even after she changed her passwordYesterday, I spent time with a client who had been the victim of scammers/hackers a few days ago.
Her email account had been accessed by a hacker, and this hacker sent emails from her email account to a large number of her contacts. The emails pretended to be from her, and asked these people for a favour involving a relatively small amount of money. But it was not just the sending of these scam emails to her friends and family (and other contacts) that was the problem. It was what the hacker left behind that was really concerning. If you are ever hacked, it is important to know that changing your password is not necessarily the full solution. The hacker may still have access to your incoming emails, even though they can't directly access your email account. I was recently asked by an iTandCoffee Club member about whether I would recommend that she use a particular ad blocker on her iPhone and iPad.
I haven't been using any ad blockers myself and suggested to her that she probably didn't need one - and especially didn't need to pay for one. But then I figured it was worth doing some further research on this topic, to understand why one might install an ad blocker, and then look at which I would install if I was to use one. I was asked this recently - what to do if you get a Friend request on Facebook from someone that is already your friend.
Usually, such a request is a scammer who is pretending to be your friend - and has even used their Facebook profile shot. Whenever I get such a request, I always report that 'fake friend', so that my Facebook Friend is protected. Here's how. 14/2/2023 0 Comments An email scam to watch out forI received an email this morning, saying that I have a myGov refund.
I don't really! This is definitely a scam, an example of the many that are out there these days. The above images shows a text I received this morning.
Co-incidence so often catches us out with scam texts, emails and calls - and this one nearly caught me. I had recently taken a trip on the freeway and wasn't sure if I heard the 'beep' from my Linkt device when I went through the toll sensors. So I wasn't surprised to see a text like this. 1/7/2022 1 Comment Please beware of these scams - which caught out 3 iTandCoffee clients this week aloneIn the past two days alone, iTandCoffee has assisted three clients who had been scammed during this week. Another nearly fell for a 'Dropbox' scam email - but luckily checked with iTandCoffee before clicking the link.
Two of the three clients were caught out by a fake 'Telstra' caller who told them that their internet had issues, and who 'proved' that he was legitimate by providing some information that they were told only a legitimate employee of Telstra would know. One client lost $10,000 - money she is still not sure she will get back. The third client was caught by a scam email from a work associate from a school - an email which supposedly contained a 'Google Doc' that the person was sending to her. The Dropbox scam that nearly caught the fourth client was similar - asking the recipient to click a link to open a set of files with important information. Getting scammed is an extremely distressing experience - and three iTandCoffee clients suffered that terrible experience recently.
One client found that someone had gained access to a range of her social media accounts - and had even changed the password and email address for one of these, so she was no longer able to access it. Another client fell for a scam call, and the scammers initiated transfers of thousands of dollars - which were luckily stopped by her bank. The third client received as strange message on her screen - saying she had a virus and to call the number provided, which she did. Let's look at what happened in each of these cases - and what lessons can be learned from each. |
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