Monday, February 20, 2023

Tim Hortons phishing email with subject We have been trying to reach you, your reward is waiting!

For the record, this is a Tim Hortons phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "We have been trying to reach you, your reward is waiting!"

What to do?  Report them, goto bottom of page. 


From : Win Tim Hortons <info@contq.com>
Subject : 
 We have been trying to reach you, your reward is waiting!

                       





Following the link







PHISHING LINKs;


1. 
http://212.3.116.142/rd/xxx...

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 received this email take it further at 

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


Report phishing at Microsoft and subsequently government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx
  2. Report Phishing Sites | CISA
  3. Home - Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (fightspam.gc.ca)

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