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What the Fark 7: They're Eating the Dogs!

Is your phishing spam increasing, too?

About 3 years ago, I started getting emails purporting to be from a vendor who either had a charge from me that had failed to clear, or had gone through and I had a chance to cancel it... obvious phishing attacks to grab my info when I responded. OK, all well and good in the endless arms race of thievery -- report, blacklist, delete. I would say I was getting 1 or 2 a month for years.

A few months ago, they started to increase in frequency to 1 or 2 a week. Now it's up to 1 or 2 a day.

Is this happening to others? Are the Norks working overtime?
 
Yes, much the same, but my counts are different. And they tend to come in waves rather than a steady stream.
 
Yep. The phishing attempts have definitely increased for me.

I've gotten all kinds in the last six months. VOIP based calls- leave no message, and when I answer a random one, it's someone asking if my house is for sale.

SPAM/Phishing- I've had an increase in phishing texts about my toll account in a state that doesn't have tolls from a VOIP phone number in the Philippines. USPS "parcel could not be delivered" click link texts from a UK VOIP. "I've hacked your phone camera and seen the awful stuff you do" very vague on any details PDF sent to my email (I can read just enough of it in the preview on GMail so I don't open it).

And then there's my Microsoft/Hotmail account:
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*edit* That successful log-in 4/24 at 9:02? That's legit and when I logged in to my Microsoft account on my phone a few days ago.
 
LOL. My god that opening.

One of the easiest ways to create something that white people will like is to create something that will allow them to feel smart but doesn’t require a large amount of work, time, or effort. There is, however, a catch. Whatever it is that you create cannot be a shortcut. You see white people like the idea of getting smarter quickly, but they don’t like the idea of people thinking that they are lazy. It is a bit of a paradox, but it does explain why white people only like Cliff Notes if they are part of some sort of hilarious college story about last-minute studying for an exam. And why they consider it highly unacceptable to use cliff notes or Wikipedia to get a rough understanding of a book you don’t want to read.

Unfortunately being able to create something that makes you feel smarter without having to do a lot of work has been very difficult. So only a few ideas have ever gained traction with white people, the most notable of which being documentary films and public radio. However, in the past decade a new item has been added to this very short list-TED Talks.
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And then...
TED speakers generally take very complex ideas and boil them down into a simple engaging presentation. So when a white person finds out that you have a PhD and visits and attempts to engage you in a conversation about String Theory, you should know that all of their understanding comes from a twenty-minute talk they listened to while running on a treadmill. You should also be aware that the average white person considers their knowledge on the subject to be on par or superior to yours.
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And, finally:
Sadly, TED Talks are not all roses and NPR approved comedians. For many white people, TED Conferences are actually a source of sadness and depression. This comes from their dreams to attend a future TED Conference in person. But with a price tag of $6000 and an invite-only policy, many white people are simply unable to attend. This is a new concept for white people as they have successfully been creating and joining expensive exclusive clubs for over one thousand years. Popular examples include: private schools, politics, and ice hockey.
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