Extortion.Threatening or intimidating action is used to obtain monetary or other financial gain, commonly used in vishing scams. Malicious recon emails.This looks like legitimate email communication but is actually an email sent by an attacker with the purpose of eliciting a response prior to extract...
Today’s advance-fee scams follow a similar blueprint:scammers request a small upfront fee to facilitate a much larger money transfer later. Sometimes, these scams masquerade as lottery or sweepstakes winnings or “no credit check” loan offers. Regardless of the specific format, the outcome rem...
Worry not, however. In this article, we won’t be talking about such emails. What I’ll do instead is teach you how to send email blasts the right way and make them relevant and compelling for your audience. What most people think about when they hear the term ’email blast’ Pro tip...
Scams have now spread to social media, messaging services and apps. If you check email or social media sites from your phone, you may become an easy target. Since the email interface on mobile phones is a lot smaller than on a computer, it makes it more difficult to flag signs of ...
How do I know if my Microsoft Security alert is real? If you’re unsure about the source of a security alert email, check the sender information for Microsoft’s account protection address. Look carefully at the language used in the email, and check for any instances of poor formatt...
If you suspect someone is a scammer, ask them to set up a video call on Google Meet or a similar service. Just like in catfish scams, a romance scammer willavoid showing you their real face— chances are, they don’t look like their pictures. ...
In other words, you need to stay aware of these and identify scams the moment they happen, so you can be proactive and tell Amazon about them before Amazon comes after you. Cheaper Kindle Scams Similar to both the above scams, Amazon is seeing counterfeit Kindle editions pop up here and ...
Email spoofing with lookalike domains Imagine a domain is protected and it can not be spoofed. Under these circumstances, the scammer may register a domain similar to the impersonated domain name, i.e. @paypal1.com instead of @paypal.com. To the inadvertent reader, this change may be too ...
Fraud and scams.The advance fee or Nigerian prince scam is a well-known example of email-based fraud. A user receives an email with an offer that purportedly results in a reward if they pay an advance fee or small deposit. Once they make the payment, the fraudster will invent further fe...
A BEC scam is when an attacker uses an email to impersonate somebody else in an attempt to extract a wire transfer or other resource from a business. It is also known as the Man-in-the-Email scam. BEC scams are similar toMan-in-the-middleattacks in that they both rely on the victim...