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I fell for a scam this morning. In my defense it was 6 AM, I had not had my coffee yet, and I was in bed working from my iPad. The iPad version of Outlook does not reveal all of the sender’s info unless clicked.<\/p>\n

I should have known better and I even thought it strange as I entered the requested information. Why would a university tech person send out a request for important information in the middle of the night? The email was not a work of literary genius. The form looked a little primitive like something I would do to collect information and store it in a database. I filled it out anyway. Afterwards, I clicked on the sender to reveal the address and then decided it was likely a scam. I called tech support (the local folks were not at work yet, but the state system had someone on duty) and verified I was correct.<\/p>\n

I changed my password and hope that this will be the end of the problem.<\/p>\n

The kid working the overnight shift told me I should not respond to requests for my password. If only human nature included the requirement of careful analysis and lack of trust.<\/p>\n

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I fell for a scam this morning. In my defense it was 6 AM, I had not had my coffee yet, and I was in bed working from my iPad. The iPad version of Outlook does not reveal all of the sender’s info unless clicked. I should have known better and I even thought it … Continue reading Scam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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