These days, it seems like everything is just one click away on our mobile phones. Show Mobile devices can be very useful. They help us keep track of our busy schedules, follow news and social media, and pay our bills. They also keep us connected to family and friends, something many of us do via text. Texting offers us a quick and easy way to send a message, or respond to one. Scammers have taken note, and many are betting that we may be more likely to respond to a text than answer a call from a number we don't recognize. Because it's National Consumer Protection Week, we're taking time out to talk to family and friends about text-based scams, and we ask you to do the same. One recent evening, I received a text claiming that my streaming video service account was inactive, and that I needed to click a link in the text to reactivate it. I knew immediately that this was a scam, as I was watching that streaming video service when I received the text. Other texting scams may be harder to recognize, such as a package tracking scam recently highlighted in an FTC blog post. Some scam texts may direct you to call back a number "for more information" or "to resolve a problem." Scammers often already have some information about their targets and may disguise their text as being from your bank or other service providers. The goal is always to get more personal or financial information from the recipient in order to steal from them. Text scams can take a variety of forms and are sometimes referred to as "smishing" – a mashup of SMS ("short message service") and phishing. Earlier this year, we shared information about a Selective Service (U.S. military draft) related text scam. Clicking on a link in a scam text can have unfortunate consequences. The link you click could lead to a fake website asking you to log in to your account. If you do, the scammer will have your log in credentials, and will try to access multiple accounts you may have using those credentials. Clicking on a link in a text could also infect your phone with malware, especially if your cell phone OS security is not up-to-date. Here are a few tips that can help you avoid texting scams: Keep your guard up
For more information on how to avoid unwanted robocalls and texts, go to our consumer guide. Most criminal cases can be tracked via EFAS, excluding:
You must nominate if you are a party to the matter before you can start tracking. To track a case, visit the EFAS website and:
When a matter is finalised, you will stop receiving updates. If you want to remove tracking from an active case, find and select the case in EFAS and select the Remove button. Enter the email address and/or mobile phone you don’t want to receive notifications on.
Civil jurisdiction case trackingFrom 3 October 2022, the CMS Portal hearing search replaces the civil components of EFAS. This means that court users can track cases filed in the civil jurisdiction only. To track a case listed in the civil jurisdiction of the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria:
The CMS Portal is in its civil release — the second phase of the journey in moving from hard copy documents to digital filing, reducing the need to physically attend court. How will text appear when it is added to a document whose changes are being tracked?Once Track Changes is turned on, you can start editing the document. Any changes you make to the text will be marked by a grey bar on the left side of the changed text. When you add text, the added text will be in a different colour to the normal text – making it easy to spot for reviewers.
How will text appear when it is added to a document whose changes are being tracked quizlet?When this is turned on every change made to the document will appear as a colored markup. If you delete text, it won't disappear and instead the text will be crossed out. If you add text, it will be underlined. This allows you to see edits before making changes permanent.
How do I see tracked changes in Word?On the Review tab, select Track > Show Markup.
Can someone see when a Word document was edited?With real-time presence, you can see if someone else is editing a Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file that's stored in Google Drive for desktop. Notes: Real-time presence is automatically turned on in Drive for desktop. If someone turns it off, you won't see if that person is in a file.
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