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At our September meeting we talked about ways we ple, Frank writes about identity theft, financial
might improve our personal relationship with technol- scams, cyber-attacks, password vulnerabilities, ro-
ogy in 2020. Subsequent to that meeting, J.J. sent bocalls, real estate ruses, charity scams and dating/
out a group email with a link to the September romance scams. Throughout, he explains the psy-
presentation as a memory-jogger for those who were chological underpinnings that make these scams
at the meeting and a broad perspective for those successful – and how you can recognize them and
who were not able to attend. If you did not receive defend yourself accordingly.
that email, please check your Spam fold- I’m about half-way through the book and
er; if not there, let us know so that we can have found it both interesting and informa-
provide you with a copy.
tive. Those already knowledgeable about
Speaking of Spam folders, I am beginning this subject will find it useful as a refresher,
to see an increase in legitimate emails with clear examples and new insights and
being diverted to my Spam folder. My tips. Yet, it would not be “over the head” of
wife and I both use AT&T Mail / Yahoo someone less knowledgeable. I recom-
Mail. She is also finding legitimate emails mend it.
in her Spam folder. Moreover, we are Back in September I mentioned that I had
getting reports from friends that some installed Microsoft’s new version of their
emails that we send them are being di- Edge browser on my desktop PC. As you
verted to their Spam folders. So far, I’ve may remember/know, this is a Microsoft
not been able to figure out why this is happening. work-in-progress, creating a new EdgeChromium
Are you seeing the same thing with email that you browser based on Google’s open-source Chromium
send / receive? If so, have you determined why this OS. Because of the tie to Chromium, the same
is happening? Have you been able to correct / miti- software that underlies the Google Chrome brows-
gate the problem? If you have, please share your er, EdgeChromium has many similarities to
experiences / solutions with the rest of us. Chrome. In fact, you can download extensions
from Chrome’s Web Store and install them in Edge-
And, speaking of Spam….. I recently ran across fa- Chromium. This new browser is still being worked
vorable reviews for a new book by Frank Abagnale, on by Microsoft and being tested by Windows Insid-
entitled “Scam Me If You Can”. The author’s name ers, but they now have a stable Beta version availa-
may be familiar; he is the con artist best known for ble for download by anyone who wants to give it a
his earlier book entitled “Catch Me If You Can” and try. I’ve been using this as my primary browser for
the movie of the same name starring Leonard Di- a while and am very happy with it. No problems,
Caprio. He has reformed since his younger days, very fast and, depending on the final version, this
after serving time in French, Swedish and American may end up being my go-to browser.
prisons, and has built a career in advising companies
and organizations about steps they can take to avoid
being conned. He has now written a book ad-
dressed to individuals, describing possible scams
and offering suggestions about what to do (or not do)
to avoid becoming a victim.
I just bought a copy from Amazon. (It is available
through them as a paperback for $11.99; your library
may have it in their inventory.) It’s an easy read and
covers a wide range of possible scams. For exam-
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