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The fake Tracking Parcel Shipping text below is a scam being used by scammers to trick potential victims into clicking the link in it. The link goes to a phishing website located at windinggravity.com that tricks potential victims into completing surveys that promise a MacBook Pro and other electronic devices. Completing the surveys will only send potential victims' information to the scammers who will use it fraudulently.
From: 1 406-241-3258Parcel Tracking: Hi, your parcel with code ZA864Z90 is waiting for you to check the shipping address: windinggravity.com/9ilKLKB
From: 1 406-241-3258
Parcel Tracking: Hi, your parcel with code ZA864Z90 is waiting for you to check the shipping address: windinggravity.com/9ilKLKB
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I received this phishing link in a text message promising me a free Play Station Five for answering a few questions about my Frontier service. Of course I immediately clicked on the link with visions my free video game dancing in my head... NOT! Rule I have lived by for many decades, long before the birth of the PC: Nobody who I do not already know who contacts me vie telephone or any other communications medium (carrier pigeons anyone?) gets any kind of personal information from me, EVER!I strongly suggest everyone follow this policy. Also, as one of my favorite SciFI writers says, TANSTAAFL! (There Aint' No Such Thing As A Free Lunch