SVMUG Monthly Meeting - February 17, 2025 - Scams! How to spot them in email, messages, and phone calls. Speaker: Charles Gousha

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SVMUG Monthly Meeting - February 17, 2025 - Scams!  How to spot them in email, messages, and phone calls. Speaker: Charles Gousha 

Hello svmug members & friends! 

The Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group (svmug) upcoming meeting is Monday, February 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time. We will be meeting via Zoom. As always, our meetings are open to the public and free to attend. Please invite a friend!

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MEETING LINK for Virtual Attendance: 

If you are on the svmug mail list, you will receive a separate email with the Zoom link DIRECT information. 

Otherwise, the method of joining the SVMUG monthly meeting via Zoom is to use the connection information found on our website:

https://www.svmug.org/connect-online-meetings.html

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MEETING TOPIC:  Scams! How to spot them in email, messages, and phone calls.

Charles Gousha will discuss the current scams out there so you can be aware and avoid them. We’ve all seen these, and though we often know them for what they are, once in a while we’re not sure. Learning precisely what to look for, and how to deal with ‘edge’ cases will help us all. This topic is useful for all levels of computer expertise. Join us to hear about the latest info and encourage your family and friends to listen also.

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ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:  Charles Gousha 

Charles Gousha, our long time SVMUG Leader, former Apple employee, and tech guru, will guide us through the maze of scams. Even though he is retired now, he is busier than ever with projects and enjoying travel adventures with his wife.

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TIME SCHEDULE: 

6:30 PM - Virtual Doors open. Come early and socialize.

7:00 PM - Introduction & News

7:30 PM - Presentation

8:15 PM - Q&A - use the Chat feature on Zoom to submit questions.

8:30 PM - Raffle and end of meeting

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2025 CALENDAR:  via Zoom

Feb 17 — Charles Gousha - Modern scam environments 

Mar 17 — TBD

Apr 21 — TBD

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PAST MEETINGS:

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https://youtube.com/@SvmugOrg

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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Current meeting information and updates will be found here: 

https://svmug.org/announcements.html

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DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? (Tech questions? Other?)

Do you have QUESTIONS to ask at the Q&A session during the meeting? During our Q&A time, please use the Chat feature on Zoom to submit questions.

Time permitting, we will do our best to provide answers to all.

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ABOUT SVMUG:

SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group)

https://www.svmug.org

SVMUG YouTube:

https://youtube.com/@SvmugOrg

TWITTER/X: @SVMUG 

https://twitter.com/svmug

FACEBOOK info page: 

https://www.facebook.com/SVMUG

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SVMUG MAIL LIST (Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Send an email):

— TO SUBSCRIBE:

Send an email to svmug+s...@googlegroups.com.

It can be a blank email as content does not matter.

— TO SEND AN EMAIL TO THE SVMUG GROUP:

Once you join svmug’s google group, you can email sv...@googlegroups.com from the email you used to subscribe.

— TO REPLY TO SVMUG GROUP EMAILS:

Keep in mind that when someone posts to the group and you want to reply to that person, if you just hit “REPLY”, it will go to the whole group! If you want to respond to one person, make sure you COPY & PASTE that person’s email into your reply email and remove the group email address.

— TO UNSUBSCRIBE:

Send an email to svmug+un...@googlegroups.com.

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LOCAL APPLE/MAC USER GROUPS (some are more active than others):

Silicon Valley Mac User Group, at http://www.svmug.org

Diablo Valley Mac User Group, at http://www.dvmug.org

Stanford/Palo Alto MUG, at http://pa-smug.org 

San Leandro Mac User Group, at http://www.slmug.org 

Planet Mac User Group, at http://www.planetmug.org 

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