Monday 29 July
We saw a lot of reports of phishing emails over the weekend that follow the same pattern, so here a quick guide on how to recognise them and what to do about it!
How to recognise them
- The sender address is generic, most of them with gmail domains.
- The subject is usually a name, sometimes the recipient’s name but other times they look randomly generated. e.g. Sarah Smith
- The first email contains a shortened twitter URL that starts with https://t.co/
- Often, a second email follows prompting the recipient to check out the link as it may interest them.
The t.co links are most likely redirecting users to malicious websites.
What to do
If you receive these emails, please report them within your inboxes.
- On your Outlook client, click on the email in the inbox > Report > Report phishing.
This will help the built-in email filters recognise and remove similar emails in the future.