![]() ![]() When I got into the parking lot, I read the number to the person. Since the store didn't have the right card (haha), I was to purchase an Apple gift card. They stayed on the line as I went to make the purchase. To resolve this, I was supposed to purchase an Amazon security card at Safeway (or other stores) and the money would be refunded to me. “I called the number on the email to say I did not order it. “When I called them, they requested that I go to the website (refund7860webscom), where they requested all the bank information or Paypal account information.” Once a victim called, a scammer attempted to extract information (login credentials, credit card info, other personally identifiable information) or directed them to a spoofed site to extract it.īelow are two firsthand victim accounts of successful exploits, found on the Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker: In these scams, a recipient was presented with an invoice or order confirmation indicating that their credit card had already been charged and that if they wished to dispute the charge, they should contact the phone number in the email. Our analysis turned up the following impersonated brands: Bad actors created free accounts and sent fraudulent invoices from QuickBooks. QuickBooks offers free trials for 30 days. Under the hood, the authentication looked good All notifications originated from authentic Intuit IP addresses, passed email authentication (SPF and DKIM) tests for intuitcom, and only contained high-reputation intuitcom URLs. These attacks were highly effective at evading detection because they were identical to non-fraudulent QuickBooks notifications, even when examining the emails’ raw HTML files closely.
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