Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate
I originally posted this in my Eau Claire Wisconsin Real Estate Blog.
In the last week I have won the lottery so many times that it is strange that I would still be in Real Estate. In fact my luck has been crazy lately! I have rescued a dozen princes and princesses from all over Africa. I see it as a great investment opportunity. I just wire them some money or even easier I just give them the details to my account and they can just take the tiniest little bit for now because they promise to pay me back soon! They need the account numbers to transfer the money into my account! Duh you silly!
Ok well you figured it out. I am talking about scammers and apparently they have wormed their way into Facebook. It was only a matter of time I guess. Social Engineering is perhaps the single greatest security threat today. Arguable the greatest hacker of all time Kevin Mitnick was not even a hacker! He didn't actually break in, he merely convinced the right people to give him the codes he needed or whatever relevant information he needed to proceed to the next target. I know he was talented in other regards but for the most part this is actually what he did contrary to rumor.
So now the next time you use Facebook and your “new friend” contacts you and asks you for $500 to help them out of Nigeria, yes, its the same Nigeria from the other scams! How about this as a general rule to follow:
Don't ever wire anyone money or give anyone your social security number, drivers license, wallet, back account info, etc.
Unless its me of course! :)
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