Cybercriminals want personal identifiable information so bad they mimic seemingly legitimate enterprises such the Internet Crime Complaint Center, Microsoft Outlook, DocuSign and Google Docs to tempt victims into giving away IDs.
The IC3 released an alert on impersonation scams. In these schemes, scammers send emails impersonating IC3 to trick recipients into providing PII or downloading malicious files. Users should use caution when reviewing unsolicited messages.
In addition, Campbell, Calif.-based cyberfraud defense firm Barracuda Networks in its Threat Spotlight blog examined how cyberattackers impersonate popular web services such as Outlook, DocuSign and Docs to entice victims into giving away their IDs.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
