Be Wary of ‘Order Confirmation’ Emails

[Raul90]

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http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/be-wary-of-order-confirmation-emails/

(...from Krebsonsecurity.com)

If you receive an email this holiday season asking you to “confirm” an online e-commerce order or package shipment, please resist the urge to click the included link or attachment: Malware purveyors and spammers are blasting these missives by the millions each day in a bid to trick people into giving up control over their computers and identities.

Seasonal scams like these are a perennial scourge of the holidays, mainly because the methods they employ are reliably successful. Crooks understand that it’s easier to catch would-be victims off-guard during the holidays. This goes even for people who generally know better than to click on links and attachments in emails that spoof trusted brands and retailers, because this is a time of year when many people are intensely focused on making sure their online orders arrive before Dec. 25.

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[Cats-4_Owners-2]

Raul90, thank you for this common sense reminder of how easily it could be to fall victim to a trick when it looks authentic or official. I shall warn my family and friends of this post haste!

 

[Raul90]

Was shocked at this report by Brian Krebs as I get these often. We really need to be actively wary these days. The breaches are so so these days..

 

[Tony Cole]

Cheers for the info, I had a fake email from amazon 2-3 weeks ago, as I shop there all the time it's difficult to remember what you've purchased, especially when Christmas is fast approaching. Luckily Kaspersky's spam filter deleted it.

 

[jamescv7]

An authentic confirmation is besides you deal on a transactions on your awareness, its information details may display fully without using hypenlinks at all.

Unless download links that purchased legally.