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Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by Aeolun » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 10:50 AM UTC

havkd wrote: post #30

technion wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome. A guide written in 2019 from the FBI that suggests Internet Explorer.

What’s wrong with internet explorer? It’s still in active support.

I think the problem is that you have to clarify it's still in active support

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by technion » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 10:58 AM UTC

havkd wrote: post #30

technion wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome. A guide written in 2019 from the FBI that suggests Internet Explorer.

What’s wrong with internet explorer? It’s still in active support.

It's actively supported by a company who themselves recommend against it and described its use as technical debt (in 2019)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/t...

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by Raed667 » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 11:01 AM UTC

  We have been made aware of "scary" emails sent in the last few hours that purport to come from the FBI/DHS. While the emails are indeed being sent from infrastructure that is owned by the FBI/DHS (the LEEP portal), our research shows that these emails *are* fake.

https://twitter.com/spamhaus/status/1459450061696417792

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by havkd » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 11:11 AM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #31

havkd wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s wrong with internet explorer? It’s still in active support.

I think the problem is that you have to clarify it's still in active support

So you’re against LTS releases I suppose?

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by mynameismon » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 11:14 AM UTC

Kiro wrote: post #29

Readable link on mobile: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/qsun7o/email_from...

A more readable link: https://i.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/qsun7o/email_from_f...

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 11:39 AM UTC

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Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by tentacleuno » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 12:02 PM UTC

trhway wrote: post #19

"email from FBI", and the Nigerian FBI office at that ... Reminded - a professor of a Moscow University couple months ago received a call from Russian Central Bank advising him that his account in some bank is being actively targeted by scammers/hackers, and that he needs to temporarily transfer the money to the special holding account the Central Bank rep provided, so the professor did. Some time later the scammers…

What happened to the scammers?

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by tumblewit » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 12:12 PM UTC

There is this line from Michael Clayton movie that I basically assume every time I see something like this ‘client:(phone rings) That’s the police isn’t it? MC: No, they don’t call.’ Or in this case, they don’t email.

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by hungryforcodes » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 12:22 PM UTC

From the Reddit thread: "got it too. i called the FBI helpdesk and they are getting flooded with calls..."

I mean as a spammer (or whateveer) do you REALLY want to piss off the FBI like that?

Re: Email from FBI Looks Odd

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Post by hollander » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 12:32 PM UTC

havkd wrote: post #34

Aeolun wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the problem is that you have to clarify it's still in active support

So you’re against LTS releases I suppose?

2001 called - either you're with us or you're against us.