Don’t fall for the IRS scam

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This is a USA centric post, but it can be said for many things that get texted to you.  Lately I’ve seen texts regarding paying toll fees, post office
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Scams everywhere and I’ve noticed an uptick in cell scams lately.

We have the Ring mailbox sensor & hub, too.     It works, given the 100′ range we need, but it eats batteries every 4 months, if lucky.      Winter cold is even shorter.

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Thanks! Received my notice yesterday afternoon…I’ve been retired for almost 17 years & deleting this type of message for a lot longer…’this ain’t my first rodeo’! And yes I try to keep family & friends informed.

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Susan Bradley wrote:

Lately I’ve seen texts regarding paying toll fees

I just got this one again today. A single very scam-y spam-y over-the-top text showing it was from 3 different phone numbers.

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I also found it interesting to see that they know I’m on an iphone.

Yes, I’ve seen the request to use your Safari browser before. Does this mean the hacker is trying to get into the iPhone? What makes the iPhone an especially valuable target??

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I wonder if anyone with an Android phone received the same text.  After all, I get email all the time from bad actors with respect to well-known banks and businesses with whom I have no relationship.  But the laws of probability for mass mailing/texting give the sender a good chance that their payload will reach someone that does have such a relationship.

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EricB wrote:

But the laws of probability for mass mailing/texting give the sender a good chance that their payload will reach someone that does have such a relationship.

That’s true. I can speak from experience. Not too long ago I received a text message on my iPhone telling me that a package that was being delivered USPS Sure-Post was being held up because of a zip-code problem and that I had to verify my mailing address to have the package released, using Safari. Coincidently, I was expecting a UPSP delivery.
But I did a web search and found this information: USPS parcel scam texts.

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Everyone today has to understand the rules for domains, or they are a scam victim waiting to happen.  Educate yourself (and friends) here
https://defensivecomputingchecklist.com/DomainNameRules.php

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Here’s another one to look out for, this time not an IRS scam but a Social Security one. I found it in my email today. Notice the sender!!

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Wow, this one looks scary slick. I’ll be emailing the graphic to a few friends that have a history of impulsive clicking.

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