[LINK] Another phishing tale

[Rick Welykochy]

Hi Linkers,

Here is a spooky phishing incident. I have been expecting a telegraphic
transfer of funds from overseas. It arrived today in my Westpac account.

Within five minutes of the funds arriving I received a phishing email
personally addressed to me claiming to be from the Westpac Bank. It was
a fake but look at the headers:

To: rick at praxis.com.au
Subject: money transfer
From: Westpac Bank <moneytransfer at westpac.co.nz>

I have never seen a phish like this one before. So it was an amazing
coincidence to receive it just when it suited my personal circumstances.

This is how the social engineering aspect works: send out millions of
phishes and one is bound to apply exactly to someone's current
circumstances, i.e. like the eBay phish I fell for a couple weeks back.

I believe that a certain email client from a certain megacorporation
would display the from line about as follows:

From: Westpac Bank

which makes it all the more incidious.

cheers
rickw


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