[ale] New style of email attack?

[Jim Kinney]

Sounds like databroker purchase turned phishing

On May 3, 2022 10:50:28 PM EDT, Bob Toxen via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Methinks that somebody's email or computer was hackd.  This sounds
>different from "This is Bank of America, click here to login and change
>your password."  The latter, of course, for frequently used companies
>assumes that a certain percentage will hit current customers.
>
>For a Canadian campground clearly somebody was hacked to connect it
>to you.
>
>Bob
>
>On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 08:52:27PM -0400, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
>> We've seen two instances of what might look like a new flavor of
>phishing
>> attack.
>> 
>> My wife got an email ostensibly from a local HVAC contractor we have
>used in
>> the past, asking her to click on a link to view an RFP and see if she
>wants
>> to work with them on it.  She knew enough to smell a rat and delete
>it.
>> 
>> And today, I got an email from a campground in Canada where I made a
>> reservation, asking for me to buy an Amazon Gift card for their
>family
>> 'cause they had a heart attack, and they will pay me back.   In that
>case,
>> the reply address was XXXXXXX at outlook.com, when in fact the real
>emails from
>> the park were sent from XXXXXXX at somethingsomething.ca.
>> 
>> It's like some attack is floating around which just harvests
>combinations of
>> To/From email addresses, and they blast out various attempts to fool
>people.
>> 
>> I've only seen a couple like that.  Do I just not get out much?
>> 
>> Is this ringing a bell?
>> 
>> Neal
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