Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Phishing Email - @ Walmart job selection's solution


For the record, here's another SPAM email that made it through filters from Wal-Mart / K-Mart




From : ms.manager1@aol.com
Subject : @ job selection's solution



Dear Ma/Sir;
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 We have a customer service survey assignment in your location and we will pay $450 / assignment.
 Which would come in the form of a cashiers check for you to perform your assignment.
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 The job entails an Evaluation process such as visiting Wal-mart/K-mart,e.t.c
 Send below information to get started If you are still Interested Applicants are to forward

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 > * name (first/last):
 > * address:
 > * city, state, & zip code:
 > * age, gender:
 > * phone:
 > * e-mail:

 Thank You for Your participation and being here with Us.

 Sincerely,
 The MS applications team
 (C) 2019 SR & I. All rights reserved.


How to tell this is a Phishing email ?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the amazon.com site then forget it.

  3. The best way is to look at message source, see below.

How to examine Email Message Source ?

Now lets look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from apple.com.


Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (downarrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing URLs at Google now 

If you have recievied this email take further action now by click these links

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/


Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

Report phishing emails to Amazon 

Send the e-mail to stop-spoofing@amazon.com
Note: Sending this suspicious e-mail as an attachment is the best way for us to track it.

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