Watch Out For The latest Phishing Emails
These often take the format similar to this
Dear user of {your company}.com mailing service!
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (your.name@your company.com) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:
http://{your company.com}/owa/service_directory/settings.php?email=******blah blah ….
Best regards, {your company}.com Technical Support.
The links within these emails take you to an apparent login page where you are asked for a new password and to confirm it is you by re-entering your old one – these criminals are really only interested in your ‘old’ password which they then use to access your webmail and search for bank details and any other financially or commercially sensitive information available
Even if you feel the request is perfectly valid, always look at the URL = website address of any link you go to from any email – this will not be what you expect and is usually composed of:
not_what_you_expected.com/gibberish
or
legitimate_bank.not_what_you_expected.com/gibberish
Do not proceed any further – Quit that page and bin the email
Most anti-spam filters are quite good at recognising these and shunt them into your Spam / Junk folder plus frequently the grammar used in these emails is poor and incorrectly spelt
From the Slightly Different perspective -
Firstly we set your password, you cannot change it independently, so you would not get such a mail from us;
Secondly, any similar type request would have our email signature or another obvious reference identifying Slightly Different
Thirdly, we would only change your password after prior consultation with you, and so clients can drop us an email at support@slightlydifferent.co.uk or phone if uncertain;
Hope this helps to keep your private data safe.
