Scam

[Bazile]

Just noticed an email in my work inbox email , from

'Secure invoice


Invoice 2364673

Geetings

Please check the invoice in attachement. To eliminate additional costing you have to pay wthin 48 hours.

Kind regards
Woolee Zweter


I assume it's a scam - but how did that come through on my work email ?

[wiltsman]

If the content of the email was not addressed, either to the company or you personally, then I think you can assume it's almost certainly a scam.

Whatever you do,don't open the attachment,

[Buenchico]

Spammers get email addresses in lots of different ways, including:

(1) simply guessing. i.e. they'll put combinations of initials/forenames and surnames in front of known domain names. (That's relatively unlikely with a business domain name but might still occur, especially if it's that of a major company or public body) ;

(2) by scouring web pages for them. (So, if your email address is on a 'Contact' page for your company/organisation, it could have been sourced from there) ;

(3) using hacking software to access address books on computers. (So, if your email address is stored on a compromised computer of a customer or client, it could have been copied from there).

[fiction-factory]

Yes, I assume there are people that harvest email addresses in various ways and sell them on. The invoice scam seems to be growing fast but fortunately scam filters usually pick them up. One to be wary of at work is scams invoices/instructions to make payments that appear to come from a very senior person in your own organisation

[Old_Geezer]

Judging by the claimed name of the sender, did it arrive on 1st April ?
Maybe it's one of your colleagues in IT. But anyone with your work e-mail address could have sent it, work or not. I used to get the odd rare spam come through.