A new email scam

[Blackcatsalwaysrock]

Well - new to me. An email from someone with an Anglo-Saxon sounding name saying they’ve attached the photographs Ive been waiting for.

One of those where, if you do happen to be expecting photos, you might click on the link without thinking,

I almost fell for this and I'm generally pretty savvy but the scammer's timing was spot on.

In my case the email was spoofed from my BIL's email address and it came a few days after my mil had died and we were all digging out photos to display at the funeral. Very lucky timing for the scammer. The email said something like "I hope you can still remember some of these. I probably should have sent them sooner". It couldn't have been more appropriate for the timing. Luckily I realised the link looked dodgy.

Is this John Pidgeon? I've been getting them for ages. I just delete them. I know no one with that name and no one owing me photos.

It doesn't take much to get caught out by a scam. If it's late, you're tired, in a rush, and it's timed just right to coincide with something similar you're expecting from a legitimate source one click and it's done.

To be honest I assume that probably about 90% of emails in my spam folder are a scam and so won't click on them. Always check the email address it is sent from, then you can judge what is legit and what is a scam.