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We cannot deliver your package. Please do this ..

But we have a link and a number you can either click on or call to get your package immediate. Do this now in the next hour or your package will be sent back. Or maybe you never did have any packaged to be delivered at all? Whatever it says, DO NOT call or click on any links that come with messages like that. Meanwhile, there’s a pig butchering facebook account, fake news sites, and Apple’s urgent emergency update. And have you ever thought about putting your username and passwords in your will or trust?

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Daniel Masterson, Ai Courtrie Buson & Bard Gee
November 22, 2024

for the week November 17th, 2024, 47th edition

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It’s shopping season so most likely there is a package that needs to be delivered to you. Or does it?

It’s not if you want your package, it’s do you really have a packaged with this person who could be phishing you.

If you are ordering anything online, or didn’t order anything at all, take extra caution when you receive email or messages like that.

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about this edition and Inside Hexagon

In conjunction with Hexagon Center’s Shopping Security Awareness Month, it is necessary for us to talk about the messages we are getting in our emails and phones. It’s an easy decision we have been talking about since last week.

Please note that our new email ends with “hexagonhub.org”It’s now [email protected].

Because Hexagon Center is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization as granted by the IRS, we are now able to do a lot more things like applying for grants and other nonprofit benefits. We are also very grateful for the individual donations we have received since gaining the 501(c)(3) status. Despite the increased administrative work, we are excited about what the future holds.

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Glossary/Legend:

  • Pig butchering - A type of investment fraud where scammers gradually gain a victim's trust before stealing their money. The term comes from the idea of fattening a pig before slaughter.

  • Ransomware - A type of malware that locks or encrypts a victim's files and demands a ransom payment to unlock and decrypt them. Ransomware can infect a variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, printers, and more.

  • Phishing - The fraudulent practice of sending emails or other messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

  • Malware - Software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.

  • QR Codes - or Quick Response code - A two-dimensional barcode that can be scanned by a smartphone camera to access information

  • VPN, or Virtual Private Network - a service that creates a secure connection between a device and a remote server over the internet. VPNs encrypt data, mask IP addresses, and create a private tunnel to protect user data.

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