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I thought a seasoned preacher of security could never fall for a simple scam, but recently I was proved wrong. It was a classic scam — one that has been fooling IT pros since before I first got in the business more than 10 years ago — that suckered me in. Whether you consider it a scam, a con or social engineering, it has probably been going on since companies started using copiers. Like many social engineering attacks, it just borders on breaking the law, making it that much harder to avoid and to get justice after the fact.
The toner scam fits into the model of legitimate business...