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In the example below Alex is the target of a phishing scam by an attacker who is pretending to be Ryeley. The attacker is very convincing; they've used Ryeley's real email signature and changed the sender name to Ryeley's full name. The attackers emails are in red, and the targets emails are in blue.
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 6:13 PM
Subject: Re[3]: Re[2]: Urgent Request
To: Alex Markessinis <alex.markessinis@sagemarkessinis@sage.edu>edu>
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 5:59 PM Ryeley Kuykendall <networkadmin@my<networkadmin@my.com> com> wrote:
Available?
Ryeley Kuykendall,
Network Administrator
Cowee Hall, Troy Campus
The Sage Colleges
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 6:02 PM Ryeley Kuykendall <networkadmin@my<networkadmin@my.com> com> wrote:
I'm in a meeting right now, I need you to help me complete a task right away from any nearest store around.
Thanks
Ryeley Kuykendall,
Network Administrator
Cowee Hall, Troy Campus
The Sage Colleges
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 6:13 PM Ryeley Kuykendall <networkadmin@my<networkadmin@my.com> com> wrote:
Are you receiving my emails?
Thanks
Ryeley Kuykendall,
Network Administrator
Cowee Hall, Troy Campus
The Sage Colleges
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Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 11:00 PM +0100 from Alex Markessinis <alex.markessinis@sagemarkessinis@sage.edu>edu>:
Sure? What is up?
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Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 11:03 PM +0100 from Alex Markessinis <alex.markessinis@sagemarkessinis@sage.edu>edu>:
Okay.
What do you need?
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Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 11:06 PM +0100 from networkadmin@my.com <networkadmin@my<networkadmin@my.com>com>:
Here is what you need to do for me real quick. I need google play gift
cards, can you get some at the store right now? Let me know to advise
denomination to purchase. I will reimburse you all expense as soon as I'm
done.
Thanks
Ryeley Kuykendall,
Network Administrator
Cowee Hall, Troy Campus
The Sage Colleges
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