nikka why would you buy apple cards ecen if you thought this was your boss with your personal money? And rewarding a fukking lawyer with apple gift cards.
LMFAOOOOOOOO
So I got scammed last week brehs and feel like an idiot. :snoop:
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LMFAOOOOOOOO
Born2BKing
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I got hit with the same scam but I checked the email as soon he started talking about gift cards and realized I wasn’t talking to who I thought I was talking to.
Same.
The funny thing is, that oil pipeline ransomware shyt that happened recently was because of a phishing email
When they track down who actually clicked on that (if they haven't already) they're
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CJ
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Never fun. We get alot of that at our Law Firm. And the senders will actually mask the email address so the domain will show as ours. And the scammers randomly pick the one Partner who sends emails in that same text like tone ie "are you in office, need a favour - sent from iphone" lol.So I started a new job 2 months ago and still learning the ropes. It's a mid size company with around 1000 employees. Anyway to the point, I was heading to a meeting on Thursday and got a email from our CEO, with subject line "Quick Response Needed" and it read "Please send me your cell number". Keep in mind it was in my work email and not spam, so I respond with my number and was thinking like "oh shyt, did I do something wrong?" Keep in mind I only spoke to him once, and that was during a virtual interview in the hiring process.
So the next day I get a text in the morning, saying "Hello Brian, this is Mike (CEO's name) are you available?" I respond with yes of course, and he asked me to pick up a document for him from his lawyer and deliver it to our corporate office. I'm like "ok sure, send me the address of where I need to pick it up" He then says "I told my lawyer I'd reward him for his quick turnaround, pick up a couple of apple gift cards for $500 dollars and drop them off when you pick up the document"
Long story short, I did and realized the email was from a gmail and not our company domain. Also the area code of the text was from a Cali number (I know he lives and is from Atlanta). Luckily i realized this before I dropped off the cards. Sad shyt is, I purchased one.
Keep ya'll head on a swivel brehs, these scammers getting better and better out here. Also, when you check an email on an i-phone, it shows the name only and not the email address unless you click the name, which I didn't.
One day I saw one of our articling students rushing out saying she had to do something for him. I said what, and she said apple gift cards, same as you. I'm like we would just pay for that on the company CC, we wouldn't have you buy them and reimburse it.
When I saw the email I could see why she fell for it. Name/Domain all looked legit (unless you did a deeper 'whois' in outlook to see the actual email.) His style of grammar was bang on too because he does send emails like that. I was impressed
After that prob happened 4-5 more times but people will flip me the email first or they will then contact the person directly just to be sure.
Props on this thread. Niccas cracking jokes, but people get caught slippin all the time with this scam shyt.
JetFueledThoughts
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don't tell anyone, they will fire your ass for being a security threat.
Honestly this, resolve that shyt on your own if you can and don’t tell a soul. fukked up advice but you gotta look out for yourself you just got the job
Born2BKing
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Never fun. We get alot of that at our Law Firm. And the senders will actually mask the email address so the domain will show as ours. And the scammers randomly pick the one Partner who sends emails in that same text like tone ie "are you in office, need a favour - sent from iphone" lol.
One day I saw one of our articling students rushing out saying she had to do something for him. I said what, and she said apple gift cards, same as you. I'm like we would just pay for that on the company CC, we wouldn't have you buy them and reimburse it.
When I saw the email I could see why she fell for it. Name/Domain all looked legit (unless you did a deeper 'whois' in outlook to see the actual email.) His style of grammar was bang on too because he does send emails like that. I was impressed
Damn this shyt is common I see
JetFueledThoughts
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Very common. Just make sure you always toggle your mouse over the email address without clicking it. You’ll be able to see the real email address it’s coming from by doing that (gmail vs. email w/ your corporate domain).
Also just never be afraid to fwd something off to your IT / Security department. Tell em you got this note and it looks like potential phishing so you want to send it on to be safe. If it is phishing they’ll identity it quickly, and even if it is a safe email they’ll let you know, and prob will be lowkey impressed that you were on your toes anyways
Born2BKing
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I usually scroll over the email but I got slipping because I was driving when I got the email.Very common. Just make sure you always toggle your mouse over the email address without clicking it. You’ll be able to see the real email address it’s coming from by doing that (gmail vs. email w/ your corporate domain).
Also just never be afraid to fwd something off to your IT / Security department. Tell em you got this note and it looks like potential phishing so you want to send it on to be safe. If it is phishing they’ll identity it quickly, and even if it is a safe email they’ll let you know, and prob will be lowkey impressed that you were on your toes anyways
Born2BKing
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We had a company meeting today and several other leaders got duped too and all of them checked the email from their car. That's how they really got us.