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Party Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed Connections

This past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod , Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night?

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This past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod , Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night? The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, or why random acquaintances he’d met in passing 15 years ago were emailing him.

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