My day was completely derailed yesterday after a scammer posing as a journalist nearly phished me via Zoom. He reached out for an interview, got me on a call, then asked me to share my screen to demo my product.

I keep screen sharing disabled in Zoom, so I had to restart the app. When I rejoined, system dialogs popped up, one of which asked for remote access. Huge red flag. 

I denied all permissions and ended the call immediately.

I spent hours checking my security settings, running a malware scan, and moving my crypto to cold storage. Found others who fell into the same trap with this scammer.

Scammers pose as journalists or investors, get you on a call, then trick you into screen sharing or remote access. If you’re not careful, they can hijack your machine and drain your funds.

My advice: treat any unsolicited Zoom call with extreme skepticism. Better yet, just deny them on sight.

So sorry about that, I’d be happy to solve issues like this soon as I’m building Kollabr (formerly InCorpX), a secured comms platform and workspace for orgs and DAOs (Think Slack + Notion + Zoom). 

I’d be glad if you join the waitlist and also share more of your pain points so we can build something better and prevents stuff like this happening to someone else 🫶🏻