{"id":1664,"date":"2023-08-15T10:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:57:34","slug":"2500-credit-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/2023\/08\/15\/2500-credit-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"$2,500 Credit Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

This phish is to steal user’s banking (credit\/debit card) information. The phisher is giving a bait of $2500 to lure users into giving their banking details. As always, this email has following phishing signs:<\/p>\n

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  1. Subject of the email is to attract users to open the email and read further.<\/li>\n
  2. This email impersonates Green dot bank as it claims to come from this company but the sender email address is different and no signer name at the bottom.<\/li>\n
  3. Link given does not go to Greendot domain (always check links by hovering over it).<\/li>\n
  4. The email mentions American Opportunity Tax Credit for which the jurisdiction is US and not applicable in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Never overlook the warning signs in such emails as even the minor details can lead to detection of scams. Always beware of giving out any personal or confidential information.<\/p>\n

    \"Phish<\/p>\n

    Subject: $2,500 Credit Fund
    \nFrom: Bayu Kurniawan <[redacted sender address]><\/p>\n

    We are pleased to inform you that the school management and its community in collaboration with @GreenDot, after the recent annual calculation of your educational expenses, you have been determined eligible to receive an education credit from the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) in the amount of $2,500.<\/p>\n

    To ensure you receive your education credits, it is important that you fill the bank details for proper verification before remittance into your bank account details.<\/p>\n

    Connect your account[link to phish] to verify identity and submit your direct deposit details.<\/p>\n

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.<\/p>\n

    Sincerely,<\/p>\n

    Green Dot,
    \nP.O. Box 1070,
    \nWest Chester, OH 45071<\/p>\n

    This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. PT. Indonesia Comnets Plus ( ICON+) is neither liable for the proper and complete transmition of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay and its receipt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    This phish is to steal user’s banking (credit\/debit card) information. The phisher is giving a bait of $2500 to lure users into giving their banking details. As always, this email has following phishing signs: Subject of the email is to attract users to open the email and read further. This email impersonates Green dot bank … Continue reading $2,500 Credit Fund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16870,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1668,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/phishbowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}