The spammers/virus spreaders/frauders keep getting better. I *almost* clicked on the newest one yesterday. I had an email from the Better Business Bureau telling me I had a customer complaint. I didn’t click and here’s why. If I get an email that reads a non-personal “dear valued customer” or “to business owner” a flag gets raised immediately. If the BBB has a complaint against me, they know my name. Same goes with all these spam/virus emails. And as always, remember, do not click anything suspicious. Next up, I hovered my mouse over the “click here” to check out the address of the link where they wanted to send me. It was a numbered IP address. Another flag. A legitimate link would have sent me back to the BBB website. And watch out for the spoofers (seen a lot in the banking fraud…
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