Thursday, June 15, 2023

Shell phishing email with subject Re: Celebrating Shell Gas Station anniversary with a $1000 Shell Gift Card

For the record, this is a Shell phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Re: Celebrating Shell Gas Station anniversary with a $1000 Shell Gift Card"

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


From : $1000 Shell Gas Card <plclaims@capricorn.coop>
Subject : 
 Re: Celebrating Shell Gas Station anniversary with a $1000 Shell Gift Card

                       





PHISHING LINKs;

1. http://globalcomquest.fun/?xxxxx

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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