Post #2194729
2026-04-26 19:47 UTC
@AndresFreundTec@mastodon.social as a person working day to day in cybersec incidents for a few years now, I cannot stress enough how important it is not to engage into these as soon as fraud is detected. I've come to realize it is tempting to a lot of people.
Sometimes they are just looking for a confirmation of gathered data (is this name connected to these X and Z elements?) or to confirm working hours, phone availability, etc. It's better just to stop interaction and proceed to either block or get help.
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@alien@mastodon.green 2026-04-26 19:48
@AndresFreundTec@mastodon.social (sorry for the unprompted recommendation, just wanted to give a perspective here)
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@AndresFreundTec@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 20:01
@alien@mastodon.green You're right. I should have hung up earlier than I did. Normally I do. While I was *quite* sure it was a scam, I wasn't immediately *entirely* sure. And it felt a bit different / better done than the very easy to detect day-to-day stuff, so I probably was a bit too curious...