{"id":3124,"date":"2020-07-15T10:17:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/blog\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:31:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T11:31:04","slug":"scammers-are-everywhere-be-on-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/blog\/en\/scammers-are-everywhere-be-on-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers are everywhere &#8211; be on alert!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3131 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scam_alert.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11.2.0\/svg\/1f44b.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4b\" \/><span>\u00a0<\/span>there,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are aware of s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cammers <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3130 alignright\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scam_icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"39\" \/> attempting to get personal information from LeoList users by sending emails and text messages to our Advertisers. They are pretending to be us and linking to phishing websites which mimic our sites look and feel. We know you\u2019re a pretty savvy bunch, but even the most vigilant of people can fall for these tricks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So here\u2019s some information on how to spot and avoid phishing scams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>What is phishing?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phishing is an attempt by scammers to obtain sensitive or personal information by pretending to be another person\/business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What does a phishing scam look like?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some real examples of phishing scams affecting LeoList users,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Example 1: Fake Website Scams<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The website will look exactly like LeoList but\u00a0 if you notice the URL it is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">different!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scam1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"431\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Example 2: Email Scams<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may see an email that appears to be from us urgently trying to get your attention, but again if you read closely you will notice the website URL and EMAIL is NOT ours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scam2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Example 3: Text Message Scams<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may get an URGENT Text Message from an unknown user pretending to be us, and again sending you to a website which is not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.LeoList.cc<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/scam3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Tips for avoiding phishing scams on Leolist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Only trust our website which is <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.LeoList.cc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;Don\u2019t enter your password or any sensitive information anywhere other than the www.leolist.cc site. If an email takes you to what looks like our site, check the domain carefully.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Only trust emails which are sent from our official @leolist.cc email addresses. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the time we use support@leolist.cc<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-If in doubt, ask us<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Our support team works around the clock and are quick at getting back to you. If you have an email or text message from us that you think is suspicious, just <\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leolist.cc\/kb#contact\">contact <\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our Support Team:\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"mailto:support@leolist.cc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support@leolist.cc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s fight scam together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The LeoList Team\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11.2.0\/svg\/1f981.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd81\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0there, We are aware of scammers attempting to get personal information from LeoList users by sending emails and text messages to our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_unlisted_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scammers are everywhere - be on alert! 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