Email Scams

The script kiddies think we are dumb.

The last few days I have had six or seven notices on the main box saying I have a FedEx message. Here is what a leading security company is saying: FedEX

And even Federal Express is annoyed: Phishing

This is on top of the normal global disaster, porn and get rich quick schemes.

I've been amused at the uptick in crap since the US election.I made mention of it a few days ago. Traffic Scan

Why don't you just purchase the damn personal identifying information on the open market? It's cheaper. 


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  1. Michael ToddDecember 20, 2016 at 7:03 PM

    Sounds like this is an epidemic.

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    1. Another Government EmployeeDecember 21, 2016 at 10:02 PM

      It really is. It comes and goes as bot networks are taken down. But with all the activity related to the U.S. Election, I haven't seen it worse.

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