Email scams have become increasingly sophisticated in recent years, with scammers using a range of tactics to try to trick people into giving away sensitive information. One of the most common tactics is to send emails from nearly identical email addresses or domains,...
I observed a style of unsolicited “look-a-like” invoice today that I had not seen before. This company attempts to spook those who have registered a new business entity (with the state) into purchasing labor law related compliance materials. There is an...
The invoice below was sent in by a client for verification. Although it looks very much like like an invoice; if one reads the fine print it becomes clear that it is actually a solicitation for a website listing on a relatively obscure internet directory. The internet...
IDNS is a supposed technology company that sends businesses unsolicited invoices (they refer to them as only as notifications although they look like an invoice) for domain registrations and other services. The invoiced services (example shown below) are...
For many years I have received fake RFQs and purchase orders through e-mail. Usually they are obvious fakes written in poor English and with few embellishments. Opening my mail this morning however I found one that is more sophisticated (shown below). In this example...
