We have added a dozen new phishing templates in the past few days. All are based on actual bad guy phishing emails seen in the last 2 weeks. At least one is less than 24 hours old. Most are under the new "Attachments with Macros" category. What follows is a brief summary of the new templates:Attachments with Macros
- "Blocked Transaction: Case No. 062136791" -- Email notifies recipients of a banking transaction rejected by the ACH. (Good for banks and other financial institutions.)
- "double charged" -- Email claims that a customer's credit card has been double-charged and requests a refund.
- "Mark Johnson Company Invoice" -- Email purports to be following up on an unpaid invoice.
- "Outstanding balance requiring attention" -- Email claims that an unpaid balance for an online service needs to be rectified.
- "RE: Your invoice" -- Email claims that an invoice allegedly sent by recipient was in fact sent in error.
- "Re: Your quote is attached." -- Fake email chain/discussion in which the most recent email claims to be following up on a request for a quote.
- "Thank you for your contribution" -- Email thanks recipient for an alleged charitable contribution.
- "Urgent Notice" -- Email claims to be following up on a partially paid invoice.
- "Your CreateIT invoice is past due" -- Another email about an alleged balance due on an invoice.
- "Your invoice from Hometown Financing" -- Another email regarding a balance due on an invoice.
Online Services
- "You have one new priority notification" -- Email purports to notify recipients of a pending message regarding sales commissions.
Brand Knock-offs
- "Thank you for your order!" -- Email spoofs an Macy's order confirmation email to customers.
If you have questions or suggestions regarding any of these new templates, please do let us know.
