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Catch Of The Week: Business Email Compromise Phishing

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

What is Business Email Compromise? It’s a kind of phishing attack where cybercriminals impersonate high-ranking individuals, e.g. bosses or CEOs, to trick employees into giving away sensitive information or money. These emails can appear urgent and legitimate, leveraging the victim’s trust in their superiors, and making them really easy to fall for.

I was recently forwarded a good example of this attack by a community member.

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM Linda XXXXXX<president0150150@gmail.com> wrote:

XXXXXX, Read More

McQuiston: Why The Insurance Company Could Deny Your Claim Because Of Social Media

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

You’ve been in an accident. Or maybe your house was damaged in a storm. You file a claim, expecting everything to go smoothly—until you get a letter saying it’s been denied.

And the reason?

A photo. A post. A seemingly harmless update on social media.

Let’s talk about how this happens—so you can make sure it doesn’t happen to you.

What’s Actually Going On?

Insurance companies aren’t just looking at what you say in your claim. In today’s world, they may also look at what you’re posting online.

Let’s say you filed a claim for a back Read More

Denish: Don’t Be The Next Generation Of Displaced Homemakers

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By DIANE DENISH
CORNER TO CORNER

I recently caught a clip of Charlie Kirk speaking at a Young Women’s Leadership Summit in Dallas, Texas. The event was sponsored by Turning Point USA, the organization Kirk co-founded at age 18 with retired businessman and Tea Party activist Bill Montgomery, who was 50 years his senior. The two met when Kirk spoke at Benedictine College.

Since its founding in 2012, Kirk has served as the public face of Turning Point, whose mission is to educate young people about freedom, free markets, and limited government—principles once considered pillars of the Republican Read More

Fr. Glenn: A Sure Bet

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

The resistance—not infrequently violent—against Christianity that occurs at times is interesting to watch, albeit sad and tragic. This last week a Christian rock singer having a concert in Montreal was received by protesters outside of the church of venue, and the church fined for a concert without a permit, the singer claiming it was a worship service. Toe-MAY-toe, toe-MAH-toe … depending upon the point of view, or more likely the political or social motivations, of the beholder. Many on social media posit that the resistance was due to the singer’s pro-Trump leanings, Read More

Posts From The Road: Urban Cattle Drive In Castle Rock

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Leaders: Leaders of the Western Heritage Cattle Drive Friday in Castle Rock, Colo., were dressed in cavalry attire as they rode horses to start the cattle drive. The hill with the stone topping in the background is the castle rock for which the town is named. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Two Horse Power: A wagon led by two horses followed the leaders on horses during the urban cattle drive Friday in Castle Rock, Colo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

I love this time of year when counties and towns across the West celebrate their local Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Fans Of Either Party Are Threats To Our Democracy

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Tales Of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
Los Alamos

Fans Of Either Party Are Threats To Our Democracy

A funny thing happened on the way to the news forum. I started out to write a column about the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 (NEPA). Before I was too far along, I got tangled up in the political linguistics of our time. Such problems catch many of us unawares, and often, I suspect.

When Americans hear the term “pillars of democracy”, a big bunch of them might think of Democrats; another large bunch might think of Republicans. Democracy itself benefits most from more awareness of free speech and Read More

All Shall Be Well: The Power Of Prayer

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Deacon Amy Schmuck
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church

“He (Jesus) was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’

So he said to them,

‘When you pray, say:

Father may your name be revered as holy.
May your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do Read More

Catch Of The Week: Fake Important Notice Email Scams From ‘Meta Business’

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Got a Facebook (Meta) business account? You’d better be ready for Meta copyright infringement-themed scams! If you get messages to your business email (or Messenger account) like below, think twice before you reply.

These scams try to imitate the actual Meta and try to make it sound like your business account has somehow done something wrong, usually implying you have infringed on some kind of copyrighted material. Yikes! See more info below.

From the above message, you can see that it comes from a totally random Gmail address. Why Read More

Chamberlin: Response To Kelly Myers And Emma Abata

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By REBECCA CHAMBERLIN
Los Alamos

I wish to respond to the July 22 Op/Ed from Kelly Myers and Emma Abata (link).

I share their moral concern for the pain that the Palestinian people have experienced in the past 77 years, and I share their grief for the thousands of Gazans who are reported to have been killed, injured, or malnourished in the current conflict.

The situation is all the more tragic because so much of the Palestinians’ pain has been perpetuated by their own leadership, and maintained and fostered for decades by the UN agency that should have provided resolution to their displacement.

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Pages Of Our History: Ranch School Boy William C. Baird

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By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos

William Cardwell Baird attended the Los Alamos Ranch School (LARS)  between 1933 and 1936. After leaving LARS, he attended the Allendale Columbia School in Rochester, NY, and in 1940, graduated with a degree in engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca.

When war broke out, William joined a Seabee Battalion and served in the Pacific Theater. He was assigned to various island outposts, including Midway, Tinian, and Palau. On Palau, he saw combat action during landfall and was commended for valor. Most significantly, he was placed in charge of the construction Read More