The world of cyberspace is kind of a jungle. It is a canvas of beauty, wonder … and danger.

As in the jungle, there are carnivores, omnivores and herbivores; examples might be hyenas, monkeys and gazelles.

Omnivores and herbivores need to look out for the hyenas.

Here’s a real-world, non-jungle instance of a hyena in action.

 

Lessons to learn from this:

1. Be very cautious about responding to any email from someone you don’t know.
2. Be extremely cautious about responding to someone representing a well-known organization using a gmail email address.
3. Look out for hyenas.
4. Remember what Sergeant Esterhaus said, “Hey, let’s be careful out there.”