Are You a Victim of Hacked Email?

More and more these days, we're hearing reports about hacked email accounts -- in which individuals' accounts are hijacked by crooks and used to spam their victims' contacts.

Some members of our own team have been getting these types of messages, which appear to come from people they know.

Often they contain a link that leads either to a sales site or, worse, a malware download.

Or they may be one of those spoof distress emails claiming the supposed sender is in trouble and needs money. For more on this type of scam see the article: How Distress Scam Storylines Aim To Win Your Sympathy.

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