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TED O’clock – This is what happens when you reply to spam email – January 12, 2018

Posted by on January 18, 2018

“Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply?”

On January 12, 2018, the team shared hot breakfast, laughs, and personal experiences while watching James Veitch describe his encounter with email spammers in his “This is what happens when you reply to spam email” TED talk from 2016. The talk generated discussion about safety and how dangerously far these scammers are willing to go in their quest for money or retaliation.

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