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No, you aren’t getting a bonus. Your firm is just testing you

No, you aren’t getting a bonus. Your firm is just testing you
The FBI received more than 300,000 complaints last year about phishing and Americans were scammed out of US$10.3 billion. (Image: Rachel Mendelson/The Wall Street Journal, iStock)
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By Ann-Marie AlcántaraJuSong Baek remembers the email all too well.In early September, he opened his work inbox to amazing news: he was officially off the wait list for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour – he could buy tickets for her Toronto show.But just before the 26-year-old product designer clicked on the link, he remembered something: he didn’t use his work email to register with Ticketmaster. It was a phishing test from his employer.What once began with "Nigerian princes" asking for help in exchange for rich...

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