Fake Email #4: Accountant receives email from colleague with invoice to pay vendor via wire payment.
Visiting Geeks: The from email address was correct and clicking the blue “from email” link shows colleague’s correct email address. Forwarding the invoice was also usual procedure except the content to wire payment raised suspicion from the accountant and alerted Visiting Geeks. Visiting Geeks examines the email message routing details and determined that it was sent from Lagos, Nigeria. This kind of spoofing is done frequently by criminals and not too difficult to carry out. It doesn’t necessary mean that the colleague or the accountant’s computers were compromised.
Take Away: Even legitimate looking emails could be a scam. Anything out of the ordinary should raise an alarm.