The next General meeting of the Carrington Computer Club for Seniors will be held on Monday 27th AUGUST 2018 Please remember to wear your name badge The Official Newsletter of Carrington Computer Club for Seniors Carrington Computer Club for Seniors Carrington Computer Club for Seniors Carrington Computer Club for Seniors Volume 18 Issue 01 The The The The Dialogue Box Editor: Bill Reilly AUGUST 2018 DISCLAIMER: This newsletter is provided “As Is” without warranty of any kind. Each reader of the Carring- ton Computer Club for Seniors, Dialogue Box newsletter, as- sumes complete risk as to the accuracy and subsequent use of its contents. Membership Report from July meeting 2018: Total membership 114 Village residents 42 Attendance today 43 New members Visitors 1 Volunteer hours Total training hours 2018 Annual General Meeting: Your new Committee as elected President: Jane Eggins, Vice-President: Rex Dowle, Secretary: Liz Kennedy, Treasurer: Anne Zamudio, Course Coordinator: Neville Clissold, Record’s Officer: Geraldine Smith Technical Officer: John Koster, Supply Officer: Jan Freestone, Liaison Officer to Carrington: Jim Cook, Publicity Officer and Dialogue Box editor: Bill Reilly Calendar: Looking ahead to 2019 A ustralia Day public holiday 28 th January 2019 is our normal club meeting day. We will change that meet- ing to the week before, be- ing Monday 21 st January, 2019. Our 26th November meet- ing will be a combined meeting and Christmas morning tea after the meet- ing. Don’t wash you hair in the shower August guest speaker: Will be Mrs. Valerie Hussain from Red Cross Australia. Emergency Preparedness Facilitator Emergency Services Team Leader Wollongong North Psychological First Aid Trainer
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The next General meeting of the Carrington Computer Club for Seniors
will be held on Monday 27th AUGUST 2018
Please remember to wear your name badge
The Official Newsletter of
Carrington Computer Club for SeniorsCarrington Computer Club for SeniorsCarrington Computer Club for SeniorsCarrington Computer Club for Seniors
Volume 18
Issue 01 TheTheTheThe Dialogue Box
Editor: Bill Reilly
AUGUST 2018
DISCLAIMER:
This newsletter is provided “As
Is” without warranty of any kind. Each reader of the Carring-
ton Computer Club for Seniors,
Dialogue Box newsletter, as-
sumes complete risk as to the
accuracy and subsequent use of
its contents.
Membership Report from
July meeting 2018:
Total membership 114
Village residents 42
Attendance today 43
New members
Visitors 1
Volunteer hours
Total training hours
2018 Annual General
Meeting: Your new Committee as elected
President: Jane Eggins,
Vice-President: Rex Dowle,
Secretary: Liz Kennedy,
Treasurer: Anne Zamudio,
Course Coordinator:
Neville Clissold,
Record’s Officer: Geraldine Smith
Technical Officer: John Koster,
Supply Officer: Jan Freestone,
Liaison Officer to Carrington:
Jim Cook,
Publicity Officer and Dialogue
Box editor: Bill Reilly
Calendar:
Looking ahead to
2019
A ustralia Day public
holiday 28th January
2019 is our normal club
meeting day.
We will change that meet-
ing to the week before, be-
ing Monday 21st January,
2019.
Our 26th November meet-
ing will be a combined
meeting and Christmas
morning tea after the meet-
ing.
Don’t wash you hair
in the shower
August guest speaker: Will be Mrs. Valerie Hussain
from Red Cross Australia.
Emergency Preparedness Facilitator
Emergency Services Team Leader
Wollongong North
Psychological First Aid Trainer
AUGUST 2018 The Dialogue Box 2
We all have received a scam
email. You know the obvious
one, the email that claims you
were named as a beneficiary in a
will from a Nigerian prince.
The prince wasn’t real of course,
but the person receiving the
money from those he scammed
was real. He was a 67-year old
man living in New Orleans,
Louisiana (US) and he is now
facing 269 counts of wire
fraud and one account of money
laundering.
The first thought of many
is “how can one fall for such a
scam”?
While the Nigerian prince may
seem blatantly obvious, scams
targeting the over fifties usually
involve something you are fa-
miliar with, like your bank, and
claim you have “unauthorised
or suspicious activity on your
account” and not royalty from
other countries.
This type of email scam is
called PHISHING. Phishing
means that the emails are de-
signed to look like genuine
emails from an establishment
you trust.
For example, if you use a bank
w e b s i t e i t w o u l d b e
www.yourbankname.com.au,
t he s cammer ma y use
www.yourbankname.com. The
AU not being at the end of a
website address may go unno-
ticed.
And that is what scammers are
hoping for. Hoping you do not
notice that tiny difference. That
is when they may ask you to
confirm your details and that’s
how they end up wiping your
accounts clean.
PHARMING is another scam
where the scammer redirects
you to a fake version of a legiti-
mate website you are trying to
visit. This is done by infecting
y o u r c o m p u t e r
with malware which causes you
to be redirected regardless if you
type the real address or click on
a bookmark you have saved on
your computer.
WATCH FOR THESE RED
FLAGS
► Emails plus text and phone
calls claiming to be from a bank,
telecommunications provider or
other business you deal with
asking you to update or verify
your details
► Emails plus text that do not
address you by your proper
name or contain typing errors
and grammatical mistakes
► The website address does not
look like the address you usually
use and is requesting details the
legitimate website does not nor-
mally ask for
► The email address the email
is from doesn’t match the web-
site address.
► You suddenly have new
icons on your computer screen
that you did not install
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR-
SELF
♦ Do NOT click on any links or open attachments from emails
claiming to be from a trusted
organisation asking you to up-
date your details. JUST PRESS
DELETE.
♦ Do a search on the internet using the name and exact word-
ing from the email or message to
check for any scam references.
♦ Look for the “lock” in the web
address bar. It is now standard
for most business, especially
those whose websites have ac-
cess to private details, to be se-
cure. If you noticed that the
HTTPS is HTTP it is not secure.
Also if the lock is broken, it is
not secure. If you don’t see a
“lock”, look for a “key” icon at
the bottom right hand corner of
your browser window.
♦ Never provide your personal, bank details, credit card, or
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