Money Transfer Emails

Be weary of money transfer emails disguised to look like a bill or invoice in a word document.  A new technique to get clicks in emails is tricking people into opening a "Word" document since most people do not think anything bad when they see a .doc file attached to an email.  Most people know better than to open an unrecognized file with an extension of ".exe." but we constantly get Word and Excel documents from people when conducting business.  So be on the lookout for these types of scams with documents attached.

Here are some red flags for a scam like this:

1. Do you recognize the sender's email address?  In this example, the email came from rjqds@uol.com.br which should be an alarm.
2. There is no real personal message here.  If you read the body of the message it is not really saying what this money transfer is for. 
3. They included a "file password" in the body of the message.
4. The subject of the email is just a generic name no real meaning to it.
5. The attached file name a generic name and if you hover over the link you will see a weird address it will take you too.

Always proceed on the side of caution when clicking links in emails that you are not expecting.  If unsure it is best not to open and send a notice to the support team.