Here's a quick note on those suspicious emails we sometimes receive. The first thing to realize is that you cannot trust the sender's name near the top of an email. When a person sets up their email service, they can claim to be anyone. They can enter King Charles III as their account name field and that is what people will see when they receive an email from them.
Take this email, sent by someone who entered Don Iveson in their email setup (Gmail inserted the text in the coloured block):
Take this email, sent by someone who entered Don Iveson in their email setup (Gmail inserted the text in the coloured block):
The red arrow points out the email was sent by onlineofficejobs907@gmail.com. The owner of that address claims their name is Don Iveson, but they could've claimed to be anyone. Don did not, in fact, send that email.
The sender's plan was to build trust with whomever replies, eventually turning that trust into some value. This particular email was sent to all the email addresses on our Contact page.
How not to be fooled? Remember that people are sometimes not who they claim to be! And be suspicious of emails that are "out of character", but that appear to be from people you know.
The sender's plan was to build trust with whomever replies, eventually turning that trust into some value. This particular email was sent to all the email addresses on our Contact page.
How not to be fooled? Remember that people are sometimes not who they claim to be! And be suspicious of emails that are "out of character", but that appear to be from people you know.
"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"