Just saw an email chain between 'our' CEO and CFO with wiring instructions for a fair bit of money that was sent to our accounting dept. They registered a domain name almost identical to ours and setup email accounts with the names and virtually identical emails of our CFO and CEO to generate a brief email chain oking the transfer forwarding it to our accounting dept.
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Well, this was disconcertingly specific for a spam email
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Schfifty Five
Lifer
And then what?
MagnusTheBrewer
IN MEMORIAM
That ain't spam, that's an out and out phishing attack.
Well, most people freaked out thinking we had been 'hacked' and that the attackers were in our email server. Then it was suggested we call the local police to go after the attackers. I am sure they have a great deal of jurisdiction over China (where the emails came from).
Newell Steamer
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Print the e-mail out, and slip it under the door of these gentlemen's offices, with the following note:
I have proof that you are trying to steal money from this company - I've forwarded this to the FBI and Interpol and the Justice League of America,... you're going to hell for this,...
I have proof that you are trying to steal money from this company - I've forwarded this to the FBI and Interpol and the Justice League of America,... you're going to hell for this,...
First time I've seen one that specific. Better english and grammer than some of the people I work with too
z1ggy
Lifer
The most ironic part of what you just said, is that you spelt grammar wrong, so I can only imagine...
Damnit spell check - you're supposed to protect me from things like this!
Capt Caveman
Lifer
We just had something sneaky here. Someone must have been following company news. Our Treasury got an email from our CEO(spoofed) telling him how he was going to be contacted by a certain person in regards to our new acquisition(true).
Then later a follow-up email from the person specified in the other email. Our Treasurer called the person and thought something was fishy, so he ended the call early and notified us and we were able to discover the spoof in the first email. The second email was a legit one. Tricky bastards out there.
Then later a follow-up email from the person specified in the other email. Our Treasurer called the person and thought something was fishy, so he ended the call early and notified us and we were able to discover the spoof in the first email. The second email was a legit one. Tricky bastards out there.
highland145
Lifer
Gotta pay for your vacation somehow, right?
I pay for them with the tears of the 99%
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