W EEKLY EDITION APRIL 26, 2017
Scams Affecting Portable Sanitation Business …continued
By PSAI Executive Director Karleen Kos
Email Sc am
Despite anti - s pam laws, there are still a numb er of emails that can make it through to either work or personal
addresses that cover everything from needing to update your banking information to someone looking for you
through a dating service.
These emails are often filled with malicious software that is designed to gain access to files and personal information
on your computer. If you see one of these potential spam emails, do not click on any links, logos, or attachments.
E v en if there is a link to unsubscrib e to future emails, this itself could be a way to alert the scammers that your address
is valid.
If you receive the se emails, your best practice w ould be to delete it completely. As an addit ional safeguard, have
legi t im ate protective software uploaded to your computer to ensure future emails have less chance of infecting your
computer.
Domain Re newal
As a small business owner with your own website address, you may be approached with a fake renewal notice
advising you that your domain name is set to expire. The trick is that the website address they indicate needing a
renewal will be slightly diff erent from your actual web address. It will be missing a letter or have a suffix ending with
.com instead of .ca for Canadian businesses.
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