This sort of hack seems to have increased during the C-19 pandemic because people who are staying home a lot order more and more stuff online, making phony 'acknowledgments' harder to catch.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2020 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL The general rule is "don't open attachments that you were not expecting." If in doubt, telephone -- do not e-mail -- the sender and ask if he or she actually sent it. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Brown Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2020 8:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Caution: "Hacked" email caused the distribution of a potentially harmful attachment Please be advised: My email account was hacked while I was on vacation last week. Generated from my email address were two variations of emails with subjects of "Proof of Payment" or "Receipt of Payment" each containing an "html" attachment. If you receive either of these emails, please delete without opening the attachment. Apparently, there are a number of variations of this "hack" being circulated with some type of reference to "payment" and/or "invoice"; please be cautious with any similar emails that you receive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
