Anyone know of a service to see if someone's pretending to be me?
My company just found a fake instance of themselves, so I wonder what folks do to detect them? I know politicians suffer impersonation a lot, but I don't know who's out there helping people and companies find and shut down the scammers. --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest davecb@spamcop.net | -- Mark Twain
Identity theft is common. If there's an increase in querying your credit score on Equfax and TransUnion, and you did not apply for any new credit products, then you should be concerned. I don't know of any service that does this. On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 15:37, David Collier-Brown via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
My company just found a fake instance of themselves, so I wonder what folks do to detect them?
I know politicians suffer impersonation a lot, but I don't know who's out there helping people and companies find and shut down the scammers.
--dave
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David, There was a good article and program on CBC on Social Engineering. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/marketplace-social-engineering-sim-swap-hack... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck_r2GYLdCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7scxvKQOo My take-away from this is that people have been robbing banks for hundreds if not thousands of years, and banks know better. Cellphones are managed by service companies. Probably, the caller is a customer. Possibly, the caller is a potential customer. Rogers lacks the blind, unreasoning paranoia access to your bank account or bitcoin. My cellphone is a telephone and a wifi access device. Try Googling your company. On Tue, 7 Sep 2021 15:37:12 -0400 David Collier-Brown via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
My company just found a fake instance of themselves, so I wonder what folks do to detect them?
I know politicians suffer impersonation a lot, but I don't know who's out there helping people and companies find and shut down the scammers.
--dave
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Is Google Alerts still a thing? On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 15:37, David Collier-Brown via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
My company just found a fake instance of themselves, so I wonder what folks do to detect them?
I know politicians suffer impersonation a lot, but I don't know who's out there helping people and companies find and shut down the scammers.
--dave
-- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest davecb@spamcop.net | -- Mark Twain
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I just checked and found https://www.google.ca/alerts . I have 4 alerts set up but haven't received anything for several years, so I'm not sure how effective it is. However, it's probably worth putting in your company name and then receive an alert when new things are spidered by Google that mention the company. On Sat, 11 Sept 2021 at 09:19, Tim Tisdall <tisdall@gmail.com> wrote:
Is Google Alerts still a thing?
On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 15:37, David Collier-Brown via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
My company just found a fake instance of themselves, so I wonder what folks do to detect them?
I know politicians suffer impersonation a lot, but I don't know who's out there helping people and companies find and shut down the scammers.
--dave
-- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest davecb@spamcop.net | -- Mark Twain
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Thanks, folks: passed on to in-house counsel --dave On 2021-09-12 12:13 p.m., Tim Tisdall via talk wrote: I just checked and found https://www.google.ca/alerts . I have 4 alerts set up but haven't received anything for several years, so I'm not sure how effective it is. However, it's probably worth putting in your company name and then receive an alert when new things are spidered by Google that mention the company. On Sat, 11 Sept 2021 at 09:19, Tim Tisdall <tisdall@gmail.com<mailto:tisdall@gmail.com>> wrote: Is Google Alerts still a thing? On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 15:37, David Collier-Brown via talk <talk@gtalug.org<mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> wrote: My company just found a fake instance of themselves, so I wonder what folks do to detect them? I know politicians suffer impersonation a lot, but I don't know who's out there helping people and companies find and shut down the scammers. --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest davecb@spamcop.net<mailto:davecb@spamcop.net> | -- Mark Twain --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org<mailto:talk@gtalug.org> Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org<mailto:talk@gtalug.org> Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest dave.collier-brown@indexexchange.com<mailto:dave.collier-brown@indexexchange.com> | -- Mark Twain CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER : This telecommunication, including any and all attachments, contains confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited and is not a waiver of confidentiality. If you have received this telecommunication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return electronic mail and delete the message from your inbox and deleted items folders. This telecommunication does not constitute an express or implied agreement to conduct transactions by electronic means, nor does it constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment or an acceptance of a contract offer. Contract terms contained in this telecommunication are subject to legal review and the completion of formal documentation and are not binding until same is confirmed in writing and has been signed by an authorized signatory.
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