On opening the attachment there was clear evidence that this was a phishing exercise. This meant that it must contain some other device to phish users. The attachment was shown to be free from malware. The Email Phishing Attachmentīefore attempting to open the Microsoft Word document attached to the email, I checked for malware using an online scanner. Outlook was originally Hotmail and the fraudsters possibly hoped that recipients might equate Hotmail with Outlook, giving the email legitimacy. The email sender’s address was clearly not from Office 365 support, but the fraudsters had used Hotmail email addresses. ![]() Please view the attachment and CANCEL/COMPLETE-REQUEST. ![]() ![]() The Microsoft Outlook Spam EmailĪll of the emails received contained the same message: In the space of several days, I received three suspicious looking emails all with the same theme, Windows Outlook “CANCEL/COMPLETE-REQUEST”. A spate of scam emails, all on the same theme, has prompted this week’s Breaking Scams post.
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