"Anyone who acts without paying attention to what he is doing is wasting his life. I'd go so far as to say life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece." - Nadia Boulanger
At work, we emphasize the importance of paying attention to the details. This story from a former FBI agent at a cybersecurity conference gives a great example of ignoring validating the details can be risky.
One of the fraudster's tricks is to send you a scam email with a slight change. For example, if the correct corporate email is [email protected], they can use [email protected]. It could be complicated to recognize, especially if you use Name<[email protected]>, where your email software may not show the content in the angle bracket but the name. So be careful never tun on the "Use Smart Address" option and pay attention to unusual requests.
One of the fraudster's tricks is to send you a scam email with a slight change. For example, if the correct corporate email is [email protected], they can use [email protected]. It could be complicated to recognize, especially if you use Name<[email protected]>, where your email software may not show the content in the angle bracket but the name. So be careful never tun on the "Use Smart Address" option and pay attention to unusual requests.
Editing Notes: Fraudsters are clever to find out human weakness and use them again us. This example is about our weakness of carelessness and taking things for granted.
