The time has come for us to make passwords for identifying each other…

  • AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I’m in the US and have a well off friend who had his Facebook hacked. The bad actors sent messages to his friends asking to borrow $500 until tomorrow because his bank accounts were locked and he needed the cash. Someone who was messaged by the bad actors posted a screenshot of a deepfaked video call he received that caused him to fall for it. Wild times we live in!

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        1 year ago

        I routinely get emails from the owner of the company I work for asking me to kindly purchase several large gift cards and forward them and the receipt to him for prompt reimbursement.

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          1 year ago

          asking me to kindly purchase several large gift cards

          kindly give me your money, thanks