{"id":47061,"date":"2025-08-28T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/?p=47061"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:25:18","slug":"it-sounded-really-urgent-so-i-didnt-question-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/en\/2025\/08\/it-sounded-really-urgent-so-i-didnt-question-it\/","title":{"rendered":"It sounded really urgent, so I didn't question it..."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"av_section_1\" class=\"avia-section av-3osj-8edf3c5c57d6f444e32a620ab19c7a5a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize\"><div class=\"container av-section-cont-open\"><main role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\" class=\"template-page content  av-content-full alpha units\"><div class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-47061\"><div class=\"entry-content-wrapper clearfix\">\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jo2xz-588590f8e0c3dd5b36ff4df9077018fa\">\n.flex_column.av-jo2xz-588590f8e0c3dd5b36ff4df9077018fa{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-jo2xz-588590f8e0c3dd5b36ff4df9077018fa av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  \"><section class=\"av_textblock_section av-jvmci8ju-0d4bf5e1ee8402a49397872c2bc85092 \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p><strong>No good story begins like this.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If a request arrives unexpectedly or seems suspicious, end the communication.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more now and prevent fraud: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/socialengineering\">www.ebas.ch\/socialengineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9_SocialEngineering-Website-905x507px-EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9_SocialEngineering-Website-905x507px-EN.png 905w, https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9_SocialEngineering-Website-905x507px-EN-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9_SocialEngineering-Website-905x507px-EN-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9_SocialEngineering-Website-905x507px-EN-705x395.png 705w, https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9_SocialEngineering-Website-905x507px-EN-905x507.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-e2kbb-86d4495b00c389f290046e9e5f6e0589\">\n.flex_column.av-e2kbb-86d4495b00c389f290046e9e5f6e0589{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-e2kbb-86d4495b00c389f290046e9e5f6e0589 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-last  ebas-sidebar flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  \"><section class=\"av_textblock_section av-jvmf7hs6-cf3a7410491e57c747a4234463d74b98 \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No good story begins like this. 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