Spam Alert!
While the percentage of spam emails has decreased slowly over the last decade, from ~57% to around 46%, there are still ~160 billion spam emails sent every day. So, if your inbox is less than half spam, you can thank your spam filters!
Here’s one that beat the odds and slipped its way past our security to our inboxes, and how we ID’d it as a potential scam:
We did, once upon a time, utilize a fax machine for sending and receiving documents — but that was long ago. While this wasn’t the most convincing scam attempt we saw this month, it did get a chuckle out of the Ogres.
A common tactic for scammers is to entice you to download a file that will infect your computer. Typically, the file is presented as an important message, an invoice to be paid, a purchase order, or a similar business document. This scammer attempted to get us to download something labeled “Cleverogre payment…” Spoiler alert: we didn’t download it.
When accompanied by the other hallmarks of a scam (poor spelling and/or grammar, wonky alignment, mismatched fonts, threatening scenarios, etc.), your best bet is to mark the email as spam and delete it.
Remember, Scammers Count on You Clicking!
Don’t click links in emails! Instead, look up email addresses and phone numbers for customer service, be skeptical, and listen to your spidey senses.
Good Luck!