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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Phishing Email - RE: FYI Grant from Ridao Cindy cridao@mhhcc.org

For the record, this is a Ridao Cindy cridao@mhhcc.org phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "RE; FYI Grant" What to do?  Report them, goto bottom of page. 

This is clever attack because the emails seems like its coming from legitimate organization.


From : Ridao, Cindy <cridao@mhhcc.org>

Subject
 : RE: FYI Grant

A humanitarian grant has been made to you, please contact for more information.






CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.


Disclaimer

The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.

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PHISHING LINKs;

1.  None - When you reply - email magically changes to -> ms.lerynnewest51@gmail.com
2.  mhhcc.org belongs to Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center




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  company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to 

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 (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing

If you have recievied this email take further 

  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

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