Monthly Archives: August 2019

HIS Marketing Admin 7:39 pm on August 27, 2019  

HIS Office Closed on Monday, September 2

The Hawaii Information Service office will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2019 in observance of Labor Day. Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday, September 3.

If you need help using REsearch over the holiday, we encourage you to search our Knowledge Base or check out our library of YouTube videos.

If you are unable to access the system due to an outage, please call our system emergency line at (808) 599-4224 or (800) 628-3121 from the neighbor islands, and press * (star). Our phone system will notify our on-call staff, and someone will return your call as soon as possible.

Our next observed holiday will be Thanksgiving on Thursday and Friday, November 28-29, 2019.

HIS Marketing Admin 8:52 pm on August 22, 2019  

September 2019 Training Schedule

gotomeeting-logo-orangeThis is the schedule of online training classes for the month of September. Even if you’ve participated in a session before, it’s often a good idea to get a refresher. Our live trainers can answer your questions and help you get the most out of REsearch. Descriptions of each HIS webinar can be found here.

September 9-13, 2019

September 16-20, 2019

September 23-27, 2019

To sign up immediately, simply click on the links below. If you are going to attend online classes as a group, only one person needs to sign up. We recommend registering for classes even if you cannot attend live, as many are recorded and made available the next day.

Remember, after you have participated, please make sure to fill out the survey or e-mail us your feedback so we can continue to improve upon our training efforts!

System requirements for online classes:

    • PC-based attendees – Required: Microsoft Windows® Vista or newer
    • Macintosh®-based attendees – Required: Mac OS® X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or newer
    • Mobile attendees – Required: Apple iOS 10 or newer, Google Android 4.4 or newer

System requirements apply only to the GoToMeeting webinar service, not to the REsearch system.

Questions? Comments? Please feel free to contact us via support@hiinfo.com or call (808) 599-4224 or (800) 628-3121.

HIS Marketing Admin 12:28 am on August 8, 2019  

Scam Alert: Text Message & Email Scams

We would like to alert our members to a couple of scams that have surfaced recently, one conducted via text message affecting members on Kauai, and a second sent via email to our employees and associates.

scam-alert

hiresThe Kauai Board of REALTORS reports that scammers are sending text messages to real estate professionals from an (808) area code phone number, and are using information related to their real estate business and brokerages to convince recipients of their legitimacy.

The scammers are asking about real estate and requesting meetings at members’ offices, for example, but meanwhile are requesting money or gift cards.

These are fake inquiries, and a police report has already been filed. If you receive such messages, you can also report them to law enforcement. KBR encourages you to always remain vigilant and to prioritize safety.

emailMeanwhile, we would like to share with members an example email scam that is quite common, and that has targeted all sorts of businesses. This scam involves faking an email from a company executive, and is sent to company employees.

The email is made to appear to be sent under the name of a company executive, but a close analysis of the sender email address will usually find it to be from a fake address. The email will always include a push for quick action (“this is incredibly urgent”) and often ask for secrecy (“I want this to be a surprise”). To prevent victims from asking questions, the email will usually claim to be sent while the executive is out of the office, unavailable by phone, and too busy to explain.

In the two recent cases reported by employees, the scam was attempted while company executives were indeed traveling and out of the office, making the request seem more legitimate.

Please take special care to verify emails that ask for wire transfers, online payments, or purchases of gift cards (which are a common currency among scammers). Contact the purported sender via another channel, and do not act unless they confirm the request. Even if a legitimate business request is delayed, the extra diligence is worth it.