Almost got scammed by an email invitation to "Punchbowl Invitation: [Friend Name] Birthday Party".
The tip off was them asking me to sign into my Gmail account which I was already signed into. Emailed and asked for confirmation that it was her; turns out she'd had her Gmail account 'hacked' a week or so ago.
Just received an obvious scam email (happens a lot, this is just particularly stupid).
Payload, apparently, in an attached PDF. Instructions say "If you have any questions regarding this payment, contact the sender by reply".
The reply email is "[email protected]".
(In fact I suspect many recipients wouldn't see the actual email so it might be effective).
Turns out http://noreply.com is for sale - not cheap!
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Here is a really effective looking #ScamEmail from a #Gumtree account:
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🟢𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧🟢 Dear seller in the "Antiques, Art & Collectables" category! Due to the new ruIes, we are obliged to verify every user who places their services or sales in this category. For the process, we wiII request your data to verify ldentity by providing bаnk саrd information. Simply reply with "𝙔𝙚𝙨" here, and we wiII send you the unique link.
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The user name was "VerifyManager".
Is that a #WhiffOfAI?
Artists: This email is a well-known scam.
Usually this scammer targets creatives with old ArtStation accounts. This year, they're using Sendfox. You should NEVER talk to them on telegram or discord.
Can't screenshot the whole thing but it always opens like this. Alt text has the opener.
Also HOPR Studios has nothing to do with this. The scammer slots in whatever creative job sounds hot that year.
Nice little #ScamEmail came through.
SCAM:
Your Email Server has prevented the delivery of 5 new mails to your inbox
on 7/12/2024 9:27:24 p.m. UTC because it identified the messages as unknown.
You can review ther here and choose what happens to them .
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