[ale] New style of email attack?

[Joey Kelly]

On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 7:52:27 PM CDT Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> We've seen two instances of what might look like a new flavor of
> phishing attack.

spearphishing


> 
> 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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