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Email phishing scam - a hacker has cracked your email

One of the latest email phishing scams claims that a hacker has cracked your email and device a few months ago. It claims that you entered a password on one of the sites you visited and that they intercepted it.

If you received an email message that says “I’m a hacker who cracked your email and device a few months ago” and appears to be sent to you from your own email address, ignore it. The message is fraudulent and no one actually hacked your email account and device.

Malicious fraud email - M.V. XXXX/CTM REQUEST with ETA XXXX

Beware of this fraud message. The attachment contains a virus. If you are using akereon email services such messages will be tagged accordingly. In any case do not open the malicious attachment.

From: <Some Shipping alike company mail>
Subject: M.V. XXXX//CTM REQUEST with ETA XXXX
Attachment: scan_017_014pdf.gz ( or similar attachment with malicious files)

Malicious fraud email

Beware of this fraud message. The attachment "Vessel Spec.zip" contains a virus. If you are using akereon email services such messages will be detected accordingly. In any case do not open the malicious attachment.

From: Hyundai Merchant Marine Co.,Ltd. (HMM) <ashok@****************.com>

Subject: [PORTR INFO REQUEST] DISCHARGING STEEL COIL ETA 25/02/2015

Some practical advise about email fraud and phishing targeting shipping companies

We were informed about some email fraud attempts targeting specifically shipping companies and we would like to offer some practical advise below on how to avoid email fraud and phishing.
The specific frauds attempts originated from a look alike email address of a shipping agent informing that money transfers should be made to a different bank account. Such frauds failed when recipients paid attention that the email address of the originator was not correct but a "look alike" and initiated a phone verification with the counter parties of the bank account change.

Suspicious email attachements

akereon Email Antispam/Antivirus, now warns users about incoming emails with suspicious content (.exe,.exe-ms,quotes.exe)

Fraud email NOT from "N B G i-bank"

The following fraud email targets the Greek audience and claims to be from "N B G i-bank". Avoid to follow the link that will take you to a Web Forgery page: