The emails contain a link that leads to an official-looking domain, where you take a few minutes to fill out a form with your personal information and then you make a payment. Unfortunately, the site is run by a scammer:
Getty Imageshow Crane Hassold a typical cyber criminal, and he’ll show you someone who is inherently lazy. “As long as the return on investment is good enough, they’re going to put in as little effort as they possibly can,” he says.
Prior to entering the private sector, Hassold spent 11 years at the FBI, where he helped create the agency’s Cyber Behavioral Analysis Center. After sifting through hundreds of online swindles in his career, he says this is one of the better-executed phishing scams he’s seen. So how do you spot a phony? With this fraudulent PreCheck renewal scam, the first big red flag is the sender’s email address.
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