Decision Walk: the executive gift-card text
Use channel verification when authority plus urgency shows up in a text request.
Incoming text A senior leader appears to text from an unknown number and asks for gift cards before a hard deadline. The request feels small enough to do quickly and important enough to avoid questioning. The framework Leave the attacker’s channel Phishing pressure rises when urgency and authority arrive together. The counter is simple: move the verification into a channel you already trust. Independent verification beats relationship intuition. Shortcut Be helpful inside the same text thread. You protect both the executive and the company from a cheap impersonation win. The first impulse Step 1 The text says “please keep this…
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