WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There are emails that are being circulated, an example of which is below, that include a suspicious attachment. These are not legitimate emails.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
If you receive an email like this, do not open the attachment or click on the links. If a phishing or spam email makes its way into your inbox, please forward it according to the directions at
http://support.cc.gatech.edu/support-tools/faq/what-should-i-do-when-i-receive-spam-or-phishing-email to improve the accuracy of GT's filters.
You can learn to recognize phishing emails. They frequently contain poor grammar and unusual wording. Sometimes they will use a legitimate-looking email address, but they don't always. In some cases, there is a mismatch between the name and the email address in the From field. However, these are not always present. In the example below, the email contained a garbled attachment in a likely attempt to entice the recipient to contact the sender and provide financial details.
-----Original Message-----
Subject: Invoice for Grainger Acct# <REMOVED>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:21:30 -0500
To: <REMOVED>
From: "Charles <REMOVED> " <<REMOVED>@clients.grainger.org>
Dear customer,
Kindly review the attached invoice(s) and let me know
payment status.
Please let me know if you need additional information to
expedite payment, I will be happy to give it to you. We
appreciate your business.
Regards,
Aaron <REMOVED> | Credit Analyst International | W.W.
Grainger Inc
5600 North Melvina Avenue, Niles IL 10950 | Tel:
<REMOVED> | Fax: <REMOVED> |
<REMOVED>@customercare.email.grainger.org
For Invoice Copy Requests: <REMOVED>@customercare.email.grainger.org or Call
<REMOVED>
Electronic Invoicing system is now available. With this new
system, your invoices will be sent to a specific email address
to avoid the delay of the regular mail. Also we'll be helping
the environment. Ask for details.