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Have you ever had someone send you an email that looked fishy? One that comes from someone you know but is asking you to do something that doesn't track with anything they ever asked you to do?
Have you ever had someone send you an email that looked fishy? One that comes from someone you know but is asking you to do something that doesn't track with anything they ever asked you to do?
Maybe that person is being . . .
Maybe that person is being . . .
PAWNED
PAWNED
Here's a personal example of what it looks like:
Here's a personal example of what it looks like:
What to do?
What to do?
Never respond to the originator
Never respond to the originator
Never download or press any "click me" button
Never download or press any "click me" button
If you know the person being pawned forward that email to them so they can take the following action that Suzi Artzberger, BI's IT guru passed along a while back . . .
If you know the person being pawned forward that email to them so they can take the following action that Suzi Artzberger, BI's IT guru passed along a while back . . .
Hi Bob,
Hi Bob,
This is a situation where someone is spoofing the ‘message from address’ as you but the ‘envelope from address’ is not you and is actually originating somewhere else from someone else.
This is a situation where someone is spoofing the ‘message from address’ as you but the ‘envelope from address’ is not you and is actually originating somewhere else from someone else.
No worries, this is nothing you did nor can you control it completely.
No worries, this is nothing you did nor can you control it completely.
This is exactly why we have moderation on the list – to stop malicious emails before they are distributed further.
This is exactly why we have moderation on the list – to stop malicious emails before they are distributed further.
We would encourage you to:
We would encourage you to:
Check your email address(es) at the following site to see if it has been part of a previous data breach https://haveibeenpwned.com/ If yes, change your email password(s) to unique values and consider 2 factor authentication for your email accounts.
Check your email address(es) at the following site to see if it has been part of a previous data breach https://haveibeenpwned.com/ If yes, change your email password(s) to unique values and consider 2 factor authentication for your email accounts.
Check your passwords at the following site to see if they are already exposed in a data breach https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords If yes, change all affected passwords to unique passwords for each site.
Check your passwords at the following site to see if they are already exposed in a data breach https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords If yes, change all affected passwords to unique passwords for each site.
Regards,
Regards,
Suzi Artzberger
Suzi Artzberger
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