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Posts tagged ‘Real Estate Agent Ransomware’

29
Jul

Real Estate Broker Ransomware

Real Estate Broker Ransomware

This is a video about Ransomware directed toward real estate brokers and real estate agents.If you read my post on real estate directed Ransomware on July 27, 2017, actually there’s no need to look at this video as I basically took the text from that to create this video. Naturally if you haven’t read my July 27 post, now you don’t have to, just watch this video!

A recent report by Google estimated that rent somewhere has scammed people for over $25 million just in the last two years! Read more »

27
Jul

Real Estate Agent Ransomware

Real Estate Agent Ransomware

California real estate - New California Real Estate Tax - Real Estate Agent RansomwareJust today I saw study go by by Google estimating that Ransomware has ripped off people to the tune of  over $25 million in just the last two years!

Well, just this year, I’ve noticed a lot more phony emails directed to my real estate email account that I’m assuming our rent somewhere. It would seem to me that thieves are definitely targeting realtors here in the United States and perhaps most other high profile professionals as well. you and you

Sure, I get plenty of spam type general emails trying to get me to click through to a specific site or download a specific file. But, this year I’ve noticed a lot more of these types of are youin you and suspicious email directed toward my real estate email account and in a number of cases having specific messages involving real estate subjects. I have added some examples  of these emails at the bottom of this  post.

Now, I should state that the objective of Ransomware is to get the innocent computer users to become victims by clicking on emails that have infected email attachments or to direct you to sites that will infect your computer. Perhaps, I should state the obvious here, and that’s the fact that Ransomware will lock up your computer and you will be unable to access any files without paying the crooks for them to send you an unlock code. But, even paying them may not ensure that you will get your data back. Read more »