Friday, March 27, 2015

Alert: You are selected to win a coles voucher!. Congratulations! Win free groceries.

I received an email today which is an obvious scam. As you can see their mail merge didn't even insert my name correctly. However this is a reminder that you should never simply assume any email you receive is legit.


The problem I feel is a disaster waiting to happen is so many people are Flybuys and Everyday Reward members the scammers at one point will product very good fakes. If the fakes are almost  identical to legitimate emails being received by millions of Australians, when that happens a huge number of people will be tricked.

Ask yourself this. How often do you now click on the Activate offer button without reading the offer in details? If the regular Flybuys or Everyday Rewards email was a fake email, clicking on that link may take you to a site which could potentially infect your computer, or worse.

One of my earlier posts of the $50 iTunes gift voucher received thousands of hits within a matter of days, so if you get tricked, you're not alone.

Take care with all emails you receive. Most of the time the infected computers I see are a result of the person being tricked causing the person to infect their own computer. We're all human. With a moments lapse of concentration it is very easy to do something you'd never thought you would.

Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 for IT support.

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