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Got a fake invoice email at work that looked real enough to fool our accountant
It was a Friday afternoon and the sender address was one letter off from a real vendor. I flagged it before payment went out, but it was close. How do you train non-tech staff to spot these without making them scared of every email?
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wilson.joseph27d agoProlific Poster
Used to think just telling people to be careful was enough, but after seeing how good these fakes look now I'm all for the "never click links, just type it in" rule. It's simple enough that anyone can remember it.
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linda_dixon493mo ago
We had a similar thing happen with a shipping notification. The link looked legit but the domain was something like "fedex-tracking-update.com". Now our rule is to never click links in those emails, just go directly to the actual carrier website and paste the number in.
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wadew513mo ago
My cousin got hit with a fake UPS one last year. Totally agree with @linda_dixon49, just typing the number straight into the real site is the only safe move now.
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