SPAM Text Message – Public Service Announcement

Actual SMS text (iMessage) received by me

I wasn’t aware that the USPS used an iPhone with a phone number from the Philippines to notify residents of Cleveland, Ohio that they had a package waiting at customs.

H I

Also, the domain used as the link to check is know to 13 scanners as PHISHING and 1 as SUSPICIOUS ON virustotal.com: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/trackwhqy.top

Don’t worry, my site is completely safe: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/jasonlamb.me

Overall, be careful out there. A bunch of bad guys are always out there looking for unsuspecting victims to fall for their carefully constructed social engineered hack attempts.

I always encourage my coworkers, family, friends, and everyone I talk to, to make themselves a hard target. Be alert. Don’t click too fast. Set unique and complex passwords for EACH and EVERY account. Use a password manager.

“Attacks always get better; they never get worse.”

-Bruce Schneier

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