Written: November 22, 2016

Two New Email Scams to Avoid

Each morning as I start my work routine the first thing that I do is read the Inbox of my email to see which messages require my attention for the day. Today I received two new email scams that at first blush looked almost legitimate.

Domain Abuse Notice

That email subject caught my attention, because the last thing that I want is a web site that is infected by something malicious, so here’s what the entire email looked like:

The English grammar looked OK, however the first clue that this was a phishing scam was their request for me to download something by clicking a link. Any legitimate email would instead be coming from my web hosting provider, and they would have specific details like:

• Account number
• My first and last name
• An actual corporate logo

This email is from a domain name called domaincop.net, and when you browse that site something comes up in Arabic letters, so this is not legitimate at all, you may safely delete this particular email.

Email Abuse Report

Ironically this second spam email has almost the identical type of subject line as the first email with a colon and a web site address in it:

The link in the Click Here is for a domain at abusemonitor247.com, which is just another junk content web site. Also notice the international phone number area code. Just like the first email scam notice this one has no customer details:

• Account number
• My first and last name
• An actual corporate logo

So the moral of this story is beware of warning email messages that prompt you to click or download a report without any account details. Be smart, be safe.

Tags: email, phishing, scam

One response to “Two New Email Scams to Avoid”

1. Christine says:

   November 22, 2016 at 5:22 pm

   Thank you for the information.
   I got the 2 emails today and was just a bit suspicious.
   They almost look real so I was worried.

   Reply

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Spotting Email Phishing Scams

I receive at least a dozen bogus emails per week that are phishing scams designed by thieves to steal my identity. Here’s one that came in today:

 

Here are ways that I quickly determine that this is a scam:

1. The To: field is blank. My real credit card company knows my full name and would display it in the To: field.
2. The bogus link is not the address of Chase.
3. When I hover my mouse over the link I can see that the real address is something totally different than what Chase uses.
4. The formatting of this email is using Times New Roman font, which is not how an official email from Chase would look.

Hopefully you will be better able to spot the bogus emails from legitimate emails and keep your online identity safer.

 

Tags: Chase, phishing, scam

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