For example, the email says, ‘Please confirm the signed proforma invoice, we will proceed to process your payment accordingly’. The email itself contains spatial errors A red flag for anyone aware of email security threats. This email attack is not a very well designed attack compared to some of the more sophisticated scams we see here. After “Sign In”, recipients will be directed to the official portal to login to their account. This is actually a phishing page designed to collect sensitive information from recipients. Here’s a screenshot of the email: By clicking on the ‘make payment’ link, unsuspecting recipients will be taken to a fake Microsoft Office business name page asking them to ‘log in’ using their username and password. The recipient’s ‘Account Information’ and ‘Payment Identification Number’ are also included.
It advises recipients to ‘make a payment’, ‘sign in’ via the link provided. The body of the email appears as an official announcement from Office 365. The malicious emails, discovered early Wednesday morning (October 23, 2019), appear to use the display name ‘Microsoft Online Services Team’ and state in the subject line ‘Invoicing completed with Microsoft Office 365 services’. Microsoft Office Invoice – A new email scam claims to be from Office 365 to try to gain the trust of victims.
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