The 7 red flags of phishing

1 Urgent or threatening language

Real emergencies don’t happen over email.

Look out for:

• Pressure to respond quickly
• Threats of closing your account or taking legal action

2 Requests for sensitive information

Anyone asking for personal information over email or text probably shouldn’t be trusted with it, anyway.

Look out for:

• Links directing you to login pages
• Requests to update your account information
• Demands for your financial information, even from your bank.

3 Anything too good to be true

Winning a lottery is unlikely. Winning a lottery you didn’t enter is impossible!

Look out for:

• Winnings from contests you’ve never entered
• Prizes you have to pay to receive
• Inheritance from long-lost relatives

4 Unexpected emails

Except the unexpected, and then send it right to the trash.

Look out for:

• Receipts for items you didn’t purchase
• Updates on deliveries for things you didn’t order

5 Information mismatches

Searching for clues in phishing email puts your love of true crime podcasts to good use.

Look out for:

• Incorrect (but maybe similar) sender email addresses
• Links that don’t go to official websites
• Spelling or grammar errors, beyond the odd typo, that a legitimate organization wouldn’t miss

6 Suspicious attachments

Attachments might seem like gifts for your inbox. But just like real gifts, they’re not always good…

Look out for:

• Attachments you didn’t ask for
• Weird file names
• Uncommon file types

7 Unprofessional design

For some reason, hiring a graphic designer isn’t on a cyber criminals priority list.

Look out for:

• Incorrect or blurry logos
• Company emails with little, poor or no formatting
• Image-only emails (no highlightable text)

If you spot any of these red flags in a message:

• don’t click any links
• don’t reply or forward
• don’t open attachments

Delete the email or text, or reach out to the sender through a different channel if you're not sure.

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Wewiibendaagwog maage aakwaadendaagwog kidiwin

Gegeti neniizaanag gaawii zhiwebisinon owi waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiigan.

Gikowaabmdan owi:

• Gagetnaamigowin awii nakwetaman wewiib gwa
• Aakwaadag awii gibaakogaadeg gdo dibendaasowin maage dikonigowin

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Gagwedwewinan owi niinwendaaagwog gikendamowin

Gwayaa gagwedwed ayaawiyin gikendamowin owi debinaman waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiigan maage zhibiigaans megwaach gaawii adaa penimandaagosino awii yaamiwaad, aanawi.

Gikowaabmdan owi:

• Dikobijiganan zhinomaagowin newen biindigebiige baakiiginiganan
• Gagwedwewinan awii oshkibiiman gdo dibendaasowin gikendamowin
• Gagwejimigowin owi gdo zhoonyaa gikendamowin, waa-aaj gwa gdo zhoonyaa gamig

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Wegwen gwa enendaagwog zaam gichi nishing awii debiwemigag

Bakinaageng owi taagewin gaawii adaa zhiwebisinon. Bakinaageng owi taagewin gaawii agaa boozibiigewin gaawii maninaak adaa zhiwebisino!

Gikowaabmdan owi:

• Bakinaageng newen gagweji bikaangewinan gaawii agaa boozibiigesiwon
• Bakinaagewinan aabdeg awaa dibaman awii debinaman
• Ondiziwin gewe agaa naachidaa nowendaasag

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Newen e’dinendiziiyin waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiiganan

Dinendan owi e’dinendiziiyin, miinwaa niindaawen ne-aab odi webiniganing.

Gikowaabmdan owi:

• Zhibiigewin newen gaawii agaa giizhpinadoosiwaon
• Oshkibiiganan newen biijigaadeg newen agaa majidwesiiwin

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Gikendamowin gaawii miigsesinag

Dowaabmdamang newen makowaabmjigewinan zhiwe gimodiwin debinaman waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiigan atoon gdo bashigendaman debwemigag baataadiwin giigidowin waasamo asabi biiwaabikong mina nikaaziyin.

Gikowaabmdan owi:

• Gaawii debwesinag (dash gnimaa gegaa naasaab) abi niindaawed waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiigan ado zhinkaaziwinan
• Dikobijiganan gaawii ezhaasinag newen gimaawong waasamo-asabi mazina-iganan
• Ezhi zhibiigaadeg maage weweni zhibiigaadeg waanibii-iganan, baashkaji owi gagwech maazhiibiigan, owi gegeti debwemigag nakiiwin age bashiginangiba

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Monendaagwog zagisijiganan

Zagisijiganan gnimaa adaa nendaagwodoon miigwewinan owi gdo abi niindaagowin. Dash dibishko agwa gegeti miigwewinan, gaawii aanigwadinang pane nishishinon…

Gikowaabmdan owi:

• Zagisijiganan gaawii agaa gagwedwesiing
• Maandaawinaagwog zigakibiigan noziwinan
• Giiwaadendaagwog zigakibiigan dnowaa

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Nigaanaagwog mazinibiigan

Manji gwaa iidik, aangizhewind mezinibiiged gaawii tesino owa gemodid netamendaagwog.

Gikowaabmdan owi:

• Giiwaajibiigan maage biigizawinaagwad mazinibiiganan
• Mazinaazigan goweta waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiiganan (gaawii gego eshpibiigaadeg zhibiigan)
• Nankiiwin waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiiganan bangii, nigaanaagwog maage gaawii gego weweni izhinaagwog

Giishpin maaminanaamdaman gego ninda mishko gikiweginan zhiwe biijibiigan:

• gegwa maagibidoke gego dikobijiginan
• gegwa nakwetige maage aanke niindaaweke
• gegwa nisaakinange zigisijiginan

Mamoon owi waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiigan maage zhibiigaans, maage zhiibiniketo owa abi niindaawed owi bkaan nikiiyaa giishpin gaawii gagwekwendiziiyin.

Debanan woshme makowaabmjigewinan awii gishkiiwaag gdo dibendaasowinan miinwaa nikaaziwinan odi

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pēyak
Kīspin sīmāk awina kinōtī-ayamihik akācī kikakwī-maci-itōtākawin

kīspin tāpwe emergency namōna kapī-masināhamākawin email.

ōki asawāpāta:

• kīspin sīmāk poko kāwī-kamasināmākiyin
• kīspin kiwī-misimikawin akācī kakipahikātīk account-masinahikan

nēso
kīspin kinitotamākawin tipinaw kīna-kimasinahikana

kīspin awina kinitotamāk tipinaw kīna-kimasinahikana kā-apacītāt email akācī kā-pīmasināhamāsk oci text mōna misawāc kakī-tāpwēkīnamīt.

ōki asawāpāta:

• Link-mākonikanisa kā-itōtahikawiyin login-masinahikanīk mamātāwi-āpacīcikanīk.
• Kīspin kikakwīcimikawin kītwām kamasināhaman account-masinahikanisa
• Kīspin kisīkimikawin kasipwīcisahaman kisōniyāwikamik-masinahikana

Nisto
Kīspin osām tahkākītākwān

Kā-otahikiyin lottery, namōna māskōc miscowāk. namōna kākī-otahikān lottery kīspin namōna kikī-atāwiyin.

ōki asawāpāta:

• Kīspin kiwītamākawin i-otahikiyin ēkwa namwāc ikī otinaman anima mawanīkīwin-masinahikan
• Katipāhaman kiyōtahowina
• Kīspin awina tāpiskōc ī-wākōmat kinakatamākawin kēkwān awsowīnīta

nēwo
kitātawī kā-pī-masinahamākawiyin email-masinahikana

kāwina nānitaw itēnīta, tāpwipakwāni wīpina.

ōki asawāpāta:

• kā-atāwiyin-masinahikanis ipīmasināhamākawiyin ēkwa namwāc ikī-atāwiyin kēkwān.
• kīspin kipīmasinahāmākawin tāpiskōc kēkwān ikī-nitotaman māka namwāc kikī-nitocikān.

niyānan
kīspin namōna katawā-isinākwan

Dowaabmdamang newen makowaabmjigewinan zhiwe gimodiwin debinaman waasamo biiwaabikong zhibiigan atoon gdo bashigendaman debwemigag baataadiwin giigidowin waasamo asabi biiwaabikong mina nikaaziyin.

ōki asawāpāta:

• papiyātak ayamītā awina kā-pīcisāhamāsk apwitikwī pītos email-address
• pīspin namōna aniki nanātōk-mākonikanisa ispaninwa
• pīspin māmāsīs isi-masinahikātīw, namōna māmāsīs masinahikīwak otatoskīwak

nikotwāsik
kīspin namōna katawā isinākwanwa aniki attachment-masinahikana

pēyakwan ipī-mosci-pīcisāmākawiyin isinākwanwa ōki Attachment-masinahikana, māka namwāci ōki minwāsinwa

ōki asawāpāta:

• kīspin namōna kikī-nitotamān
• osām nanātōk isinīkātīwa
• osām nanātōk file-type-masinahikana

tēpahkōp
kīspin osām māmāsīs isinākwan

namōna kawāpamāwak ōki opākacīkīmowak kā-minwāsiki otisīwicikīwinowāwa

ōki asawāpāta:

• namōNa kwayask nōkwanwa logo-cikāstīpisona
• kīspin aniki email-masinahikana mosci cikāstīpanīcikana
• kōmpanī-email masinahikana māmāsīs masinahikātīwa

kīspin ōki kāmiskwāki-wīpāscikana kiwāpātīn pī-masināhamākawini

• kāwina mākona ōki link-makonikanisa
• kāwina kāwī-masināmawik akāci sāpo-itsāhamākī
• kāwina nōtīna attachment-masinahikana

kīspin ōki kāmiskwāki-wīpāscikana kiwāpātīn pī-masināhamākawini

kispin kiyāpic kinotī-kiskīnītīn īsi kakitāpamisowin ōta itōtī

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ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᕋᐃᔪᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓵᕆᔪᑦ

ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᓪᓚᑖᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐅᕙᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᐅᓯᐊᕈᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ.

ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ

• ᐊᒃᑐᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᔪᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᖅᖢᓂ
• ᐅᓗᕆᐊᖅᓵᕆᔪᖅ ᒪᑐᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒡᕕᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᐃᔪᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᔨᑎᒍᑦ

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ᑐᓴᕈᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᓐᖏᑕᕐᓂᒃ

ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᖅ ᐃᒡᕕᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓂᒃ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᕋᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᓐᖏᑕᑎᑦ.

ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ

• ᐊᑦᑕᑕᐅᑎᖏᓂᒃ ᓇᕿᑦᑎᖁᔨᔪᖅ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ.
• ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᒡᕕᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᓂᒃ
• ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᒡᕕᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᓂᖔᖅᖢᓂ.

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ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᐅᓗᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓱᓕᒍᓂ

ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᑦ ᓛᑐᓕ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓱᓕᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕈᕕᑦ ᓛᑐᓕᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᓚᐅᓐᖏᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ!

ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ

• ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᒍᕕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᓐᖏᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᓇᔪᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᓐᖏᓪᓗᑎᑦ
• ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᑎᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓂᐊᕈᕕᒋᑦ
• ᐃᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓐᖏᑕᑐᖃᕐᓂᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕐᓂᕋᑦᑕᐅᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ

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ᓂᕆᐅᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᐅᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ

ᓂᕆᐅᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐊᖅᐸᑎᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᑕᑰᓯᕝᕕᖑᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ.

ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ

• ᑕᕐᕋᖏᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᓚᐅᓐᖏᑕᑎᑦ
• ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑭᓵᕆᓚᐅᓐᖏᑕᑎᑦ.

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ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑎᒌᓐᖏᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ

ᕿᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᓅᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᕋᔭᒐᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒡᕕᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᑐᓵᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᕋᔭᒍᑎᒋᔭᕕᓃᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕕᓂᖅᑎᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᕋᐅᔭᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ

ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ

• ᑕᒻᒪᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ (ᐃᒻᒪᑳ ᐊᔾᔨᑲᓴᖓ) ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑦᑎᕕᒋᓇᓱᒃᑕᐃᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᑦ
• ᐊᑕᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂᒃ
• ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᐃᒎᓯᑦ ᑕᒻᒪᖅᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐅᒐᔪᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒻᒪᖅᓯᒪᔫᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᑯᐊᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᓪᓚᑖᑦ ᖃᐅᔩᓇᕋᔭᖅᑕᖏᑦ.

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ᒪᓗᖕᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᔪᑦ

ᐊᑕᔪᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᑐᓐᓂᖁᓯᐊᕐᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᐃᒡᕕᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᐅᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᒍᑦ. ᑕᐃᒫᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᑐᓐᓂᖁᓯᐊᓪᓚᕆᐅᔮᖅᑐᑦ, ᐱᐅᖏᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ…

ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ

• ᐊᑕᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓯᒪᓐᖏᑕᑎᑦ
• ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᑦ ᑲᑎᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᑎᖏᑦ
• ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓐᖏᑕᑎᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᑦ ᑲᑎᖓᔪᑦ

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ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᒻᒪᕆᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ

ᑕᐃᒫᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᕆᔭᐅᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐅᓇ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᐅᓐᖏᑦᑑᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑎᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓯᒪᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ

ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ

• ᑕᒻᒪᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᑦᑎᐊᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᑕᖅᓴᖏᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖏᑦ
• ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᐊᑎᑦ (ᑭᓱᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᖏᑦ)
• ᑲᒻᐸᓂ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑖ ᒥᑭᔪᑦ, ᐋᕿᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓯᓕᖅᓯᒪᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ

ᖃᐅᔨᒍᕕᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᖕᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐸᓴᒍᓱᖕᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᐅᓯᐊᕐᓂ:

• ᓇᕿᕕᒋᑦᑕᐃᓕᓗᒍ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑕᔪᖅ
• ᑭᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᓗᒍ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓯᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᓗᒍ
• ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐃᓕᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ

ᐲᔭᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒃᑕᖂᓯᕕᖕᖑᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᐅᓯᐊᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᕋᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᐅᓯᐊᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᓐᖏᒃᑯᕕᐅᒃ.

ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐋᕿᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᔾᔪᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᑎᑦ ᐅᕙᖓᑦ

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