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hello everybody welcome to my channel
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this video we are going to talk about a
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scam that a lot of people fall for
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especially small business owners so pay
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attention this is an example email i'm
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not going to go into details about what
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this particular scam is all I want you
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to do is just look at the structure of
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the email all right so here it is please
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see the attached invoice for services
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rendered payment is overdue now the
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second thing that you should notice is
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the attachment here if I hover over this
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it says type invoice or TF now when you
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see something like this especially in an
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email always remember one thing if it is
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not a PDF they probably have something
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malicious in there because most invoices
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are sent as PDF attachments okay now
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let's see what happens when I click on
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i'm not going to open it because I
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already know what S in there but if I
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did open it very likely there would be
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something malicious in there that could
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harm my computer maybe they're s a virus
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or maybe they're s a macro that s
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disguised in there that will steal all
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my information let me send this email to
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my technician so he can show you what's
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inside but before we do that please pay
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attention to these three things that I'm
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going to tell you right now first thing
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you don't recognize the sender okay so
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if I go to the from field you will see
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that this is not coming from the actual
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company this is coming from somebody
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else so this is a red flag do we
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endeavor do business with people who
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send you emails that you were not
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expecting and especially if it's asking
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you for money the second thing is this
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attachment yes when you see something
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like this always think twice before you
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open it because they could have
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something malicious in there they could
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have a virus in there or they could have
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a macro that's disguised so if it looks
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suspicious don't open it and the third
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thing and probably the most important
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thing is the content of the email itself
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let's take a look at this please see the
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attached invoice for services rendered
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payment is overdue now when you get an
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email like this what is the first thing
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that you think about what is the first
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emotion that you feel you feel panicked
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right cuz you feel like you need to pay
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this person because you might have
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forgotten about this invoice and they
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re-reing you that it s overdue
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and this is exactly what the scammers
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want you to do they want you to feel
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panicked because when you feel panicked
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you don't think straight right you just
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want to get rid of that feeling of being
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overwhelmed and the easiest way to do
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that is to just pay the person and get
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it over with but if you take a step back
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and you think about it was this email
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really necessary do you really need to
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pay this person right now most likely no
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okay most likely you don't need to pay
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them right now you don't need to pay
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them today or tomorrow or even the next
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you can wait until you get your paycheck
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and then you can pay them from your bank
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account but when you get an email like
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this especially with that kind of
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wording what does it make you want to do
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it makes you want to do it right away
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makes you feel like you need to do it
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right away but if you don't recognize
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the sender don't do it okay let's take a
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look at the content of this email again
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please see the attached invoice for
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services rendered payment is overdue is
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this something that you would normally
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get via email no you wouldn't get
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something like this via email most
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likely you would get it via USPS or some
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other carrier so anything like this
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always investigate before you take any
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action okay always investigate before
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you pay anybody don't ever pay anybody
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via wire transfer or cryptocurrency or
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gift card always investigate before you
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pay right so let me send this email to
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my technician so he can show you what's
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inside he's opening it right now and
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let's see what he says he says there's
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nothing there but the point is that if
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you were to open it there probably would
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be something there so if you ever get an
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email like this please don't open the
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attachment please don't click on
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anything in that email please don't call
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the number that's in that email don't do
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anything just delete the email and move
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on i hope you found this video helpful
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