SCAM AWARENESS - we all can benefit!
One June 6, 2023, Thomas Shanahan gave a highly informative talk on scam awareness to club members and guests. Thomas was accompanied by Maggie, his Mum who was a member of the club before moving out of the area. Thomas Shanahan Thomas worked for the professional association for Australia’s technology sector for more than 5 years, specialising in media and community engagement around technology and teaching people how to boost their online security. He holds Microsoft certifications in Cybersecurity advocacy and has presented to community groups using resources from the eSafety Commissioner, along with speaking at national and international events. Many scams are getting harder to recognise, the techniques often used are very advanced or sophisticated and people find it hard to understand or pick that they were not genuine. Thomas started with some examples of genuine and scam text messages and how to pick the difference. If no action is required (e