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Phishing: It's not just for email anymore
I just got a phishing telephone call at my office. I'm used to telemarketers (the Do-Not-Call apparently doesn't apply to business numbers) and I know about phishing in email. But this is a new one on me.
Her: "Hi, this is Jill. I'm calling about your copy machine. I just need to know the model number on the front of it."
Me: "Sure. Can you just tell me what company you're calling from?"
Her: long silence followed by dial tone
If she had said she was from my copier service I'd have been happy to give her the information she wanted! I wonder where she was calling from and why.
Her: "Hi, this is Jill. I'm calling about your copy machine. I just need to know the model number on the front of it."
Me: "Sure. Can you just tell me what company you're calling from?"
Her: long silence followed by dial tone
If she had said she was from my copier service I'd have been happy to give her the information she wanted! I wonder where she was calling from and why.
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Twice in the last month I've had the following previously-rare exchange:
*ring*
Me: hello?
Caller: who is this?
Me: whom are you trying to reach?
Caller: who is this?
Me: you called me; you have to go first.
*click*