Email scams and pfishing
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:24 am
This is for the internet astute out there.
Lets call one of my best clients the last few years Bubba Cola and their email address is @bubbacola.com. So they have had cost overruns on their big project and need to raise more money. They have not paid my last two invoices. So I get this email in the junk folder to resolve unpaid Bubba Cola invoices CLICK ON LINK [email protected]. (I do get real emails occasionally in the junk file). It didnt feel right, so I emailed the Bubba CEO and was told that it was fake note colas is plural, not cola singular. I coincidently was talking with their biggest contractor who also has unpaid invoices and also got that email.
Now we have two companies who have gotten two emails from bubbacolas.com about unpaid invoices. The chances of that happening by chance are pretty small.
I recently ordered two separate gifts for Christmas. Next day there was an email that my order had arrived at the warehouse with incomplete shipping info and click on the link to fix that. There was no info on which gift it regarded and the email address looked shady.
Correct me if I am wrong, but it looks to me like scammers are able to get pretty specific info and use that.
Lets call one of my best clients the last few years Bubba Cola and their email address is @bubbacola.com. So they have had cost overruns on their big project and need to raise more money. They have not paid my last two invoices. So I get this email in the junk folder to resolve unpaid Bubba Cola invoices CLICK ON LINK [email protected]. (I do get real emails occasionally in the junk file). It didnt feel right, so I emailed the Bubba CEO and was told that it was fake note colas is plural, not cola singular. I coincidently was talking with their biggest contractor who also has unpaid invoices and also got that email.
Now we have two companies who have gotten two emails from bubbacolas.com about unpaid invoices. The chances of that happening by chance are pretty small.
I recently ordered two separate gifts for Christmas. Next day there was an email that my order had arrived at the warehouse with incomplete shipping info and click on the link to fix that. There was no info on which gift it regarded and the email address looked shady.
Correct me if I am wrong, but it looks to me like scammers are able to get pretty specific info and use that.