{"id":839,"date":"2019-04-10T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearimaging.com\/blog\/?p=839"},"modified":"2019-04-10T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:05:22","slug":"scam-emails-psa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clearimaging.com\/?p=839","title":{"rendered":"Scam Emails [PSA]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are hearing more and more of business owners receiving threatening scam emails. As a public service announcement, we wanted to make a post about and address any concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These emails claim that they have\n video of you accessing pornographic websites. In order to fool you some\n of these emails even have your first name or other personal \ninformation. They are completely false and a scam to get you to pay them\n money to make them go away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should disregard these emails, \nblock the sender and not open nor respond to them in any circumstance. \nIf you click on the links they send, it may take you to a malicious \nwebsite where they can infect your computer. So, the best way to deal \nwith this is to block and ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more, USA Today has an in-depth article here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/columnist\/2018\/09\/11\/sextortion-scams-how-not-fall-prey-latest-email-threat\/1254679002\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At\n the same time, beware of emails from so-called Google partners who \nclaim that your website has numerous errors and try to entice you to \nhire them to perform SEO. These are blind email blasts that are sent to \nthousands of people from a marketing list. Always speak to your \nwebmaster or web team first, if you have any questions about SEO or \nwebsite errors.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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