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With Love from Me to You
Scammers will try anything to trick you into giving up your hard earned cash. Their bag of tricks even includes tugging on your heartstrings with tearful tales of woe. The latest example is an email sent with the subject line "With Love from Me to You".
| Spear Phishing
Spear phishing focuses on a select few targets, often just a single individual. A typical spear phishing email can contain a lot of personal details about you that make it seem very believable. So how do attackers get so much information? And what can you do to control it?
| How to Stop Phishing Scams
The basic tenet of commerce is equally applicable to criminal activities - it's all about supply and demand. In the case of phishing email, as long as people fall for the tricks, the tricks will keep on coming. Arm yourself with knowledge so you can break the chain.
| Mac Virus FAQs
Macs may be less susceptible to drive-by infections, but that likely means their owners are an even bigger target for social engineering scams - especially spear phishing. Find out more about Mac security in these Mac Virus FAQs.
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