This week we talked about Webinars in our class. Access to Webinars is very exciting to me, because I am an info-maniac (careful how you say that!)! I do love to learn things, and these are generally free for the taking! When I have time (in the year 2038!), I will have a lot of fun with them. Actually, when I become a librarian, I envision having time to utilize information more than ever, since that's supposed to be the main focus of the job.
So, Cybersecurity...
This week I received a phishing email from people that were pretending to be with FedEx. It said that I needed to contact them about a package delivery. The thing that almost sucked me in was that I was expecting a package handled by them. The things that were phishy, however, were: It was from a Mrs. somebody, it had a contact phone number that included a country code, and the email address had Nigeria in the address. Why are these scams so aften from Nigeria, when there are so many other countries in the world? Anyhow, it got forwarded to the company, and the two reporting addresses that we were provided in our class last week. End of story.
Brooke
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Brooke,
What timing for the phishy email! It is easy to see how they can suck people in with things like the FedEx scam. Hopefully more people will be become aware but then I fear that the scammers will become more sophisticated.
Jennifer
Jennifer,
Even though I was wary, I actually did dial the phone number, except without the country code. It was just too coincidental that I was expecting a package that day! I wonder if the scammers actually have a way to get into FedEx's computer information. Scarey.
Brooke
Even though it's scary and bad that you were in that situation, it's really great that you were able to use information from class to handle it. Good to know the stuff we learned about really is applicable in the "real world" - and even outside the library world too!
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