Publications by Eric Niewoehner
Collection of articles on spam and scam
I never heard of “Punchbowl” until last August when I received a notification to my G-Mail account that my cousin had a special event. So why did I think this was a scam? The Message As always, I start with the message. I must admit that at first glance it is a good one. But…
I recently received a message declaring “Your document is ready.” At the top of the message was the apparent sender: DocuSign. Alas, this scam was easy to break apart, but it can happen to even the most watchful. Several things will be looked at in this case: The Message Messages of this sort are effective…
Many have had their phones rendered useless because of robocalls and scammers. Can you solve that problem? Since the Internet has first emerged, people have had to deal with scammers at unprecedented levels whether it be e-mail or smartphones. No surprises here. As an IT specialist I was persistently working on solutions that would protect…
I love to write and, like most writers, have found it challenging to get the word out. It is rather easy to write something and “publish” it. I do it all the time. I have my own website, a Substack account and even a trial story posted on Kindle. Gosh – I am “publishing.” But…
So who ended up with my data when Parler went under?