How hackers crack, swipe, and scam — and how to stay one step ahead of them
I’m thinking about quitting my job at Mishpacha. I really enjoy working here, but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to make a parnassah, right? And I don’t mean to brag, but I’m extremely in demand. This month alone, I’ve gotten 11 texts from recruiters, telling me that my résumé has been recommended by several companies, and that I can have a fabulous remote position there that’ll pay a cool six-plus figures a year.
Never mind that I’ve never put my résumé online in the first place. I’m sure that my stellar background teaching in Bais Yaakov and writing children’s books has set me up for tremendous financial success, and these recruiters just knew it.
Either that, or they were trying to scam little old me.
Lately, my texting inbox is pretty uniform. I’ve got: NYC politicians who think they can irritate me into voting for them; RCCS and Bonei Olam and Chai Lifeline, just checking in; my three friends who have “quit WhatsApp for good this time, I mean it”; Waterdale, sending promotions from a dozen different phone numbers so it doesn’t matter how many times I type stop; and scams.
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