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mahina

(19,389 posts)
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 06:16 PM Jul 2021

Well I just opened an email that has me e-spooked. [View all]

The subject was KCC which is a local community college. Kapi’olani community college usually has all kinds of stuff going on and it is a very normal subject line for an email in my inbox. (Iphone)

The sender has a name I did not recognize, clearly Middle Eastern, also not weird for me, we don’t have a lot of people from there in Hawaii but there are some.

So I took a deep breath and clicked on the email. There were no links that I could see & there is no content whatsoever.

I googled the guy’s name and the only thing that shows up on the inter-tubes is a chemical engineer with a company nowhere near here that would have no reason to know me.

Oh by the way I just posted some pretty good (and polite! Uplifting, inclusive, RW winning-over-Ish) one-two punches in the comment section on Joe Biden‘s freaking awesome voting rights speech video. On FB.

So should I be worried that I just opened a can of unknown tracking cooties or?

Thank you smart people. Aloha.

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You can read email, just don't click the links. I wouldn't be worried, unless your FB isn't private Lettuce Be Jul 2021 #1
Contact Tech Dept at community college SheltieLover Jul 2021 #2
Thank you! mahina Jul 2021 #3
Yw! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #4
My experience with "hacked email" CloudWatcher Jul 2021 #5
Ty for clarifying! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #8
Generally safe to open email CloudWatcher Jul 2021 #6
Thank you for taking the time to write. mahina Jul 2021 #7
Ty so much! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #9
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