Re: LinkedIn Fwd: [New post] Scam of the day – September 15, 2015 – Google Docs phishing scam

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

What's more, I expect these to grow more and more sophisticated.  It's a
big problem we're just starting to deal with at my work.

 > From: Flora  <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:23:50 -0400
 >
 > Just a reminder not click on attachments or links unless you can verify their 
 > origin. I would be very tempted to click on one of the links  described below. 
 > 
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 > > From: Scamicide <http://www.wordpress.com/~donotreply>
 > > Date: September 14, 2015, 8:35:36 PM EDT
 > > To: http://www.gmail.com/~flora
 > > Subject: [New post] Scam of the day â?? September 15, 2015 â?? Google Docs 
 > > phishing scam
 > > 
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 > > 
 > > Scam of the day â?? September 15, 2015 â?? Google Docs phishing scam
 > > by Steven Weisman, Esq.
 > > Scammers are sending phishing emails that appear to come from a company 
 > > recruiting you for a position at their company.  The email looks legitimate, 
 > > is written with good grammar and contains a legitimate looking company logo.  
 > > The email indicates that the recruiter found your resume on on LinkedIn.  
 > > Attached to the email is a link to Google Doc purportedly with a description 
 > > of the job for which you are being recruited.  Clicking on the link will take 
 > > you to a legitimate looking, but phony log-in page that looks like Google's 
 > > login page.  The scammers actually open a Google Drive account and mark it as 
 > > public.  They then load their phishing program on to the file.  If you enter 
 > > your user name and password, you will have turned over this information to an 
 > > identity thief.
 > > 
 > > TIPS
 > > 
 > > As I often warn you, "trust me, you can't trust anyone."  This scam is 
 > > particularly insidious because it looks so legitimate.  However, you should 
 > > never click on a link in an email or text message unless you have absolutely 
 > > confirmed that it is legitimate.  In this case, you should check out the 
 > > company on Google or some other search engine to find out if it is a real 
 > > company.  But even that is not sufficient to confirm that the email is 
 > > legitimate because a scammer can use the name of a legitimate company to send 
 > > out what appears to be legitimate emails that are, in fact, scams.  If a job 
 > > is being offered by a real company, you can get information about the job 
 > > posting on the website of the legitimate company or by calling the company's 
 > > HR department.
 > > 
 > > Steven Weisman, Esq. | September 15, 2015 at 12:35 am | Tags: google docs 
 > > phishing scam, google drive scam, job scams, linkedin scam, Phishing, phony 
 > > job scams | Categories: Site Related | URL: http://wp.me/p28EPY-1ut
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