There is an email scam running now that appears to include Metro Seniors addresses. We have a lot of folks that use email lists. Any one of these individuals could have had their email lists accessed. The “sender” may not be the source of the email list but simply on a list that was found.
There are no attachments and no evidence of malware in the message.
WHAT TO DO? Simply delete this message. Don’t reply to it.
The scam message is addresses from someone you will know or recognize. The first message looks something like this:
URGENT REQUEST
| xxxxx yyyyy | Fri, Nov 16, 6:31 PM (13 hours ago) |
| Hi there, I need a favor from you. I’d appreciate if you could email me back asap. Thanks xxxxxx |
A second message may look like this:
| xxxxx yyyyyyy | Nov 16, 2018, 7:22 PM (13 hours ago) | |
I am sorry for bothering you with this mail, I need to get an iTunes gift card for my Niece, Its her birthday but i can’t do this now because I’m currently traveling and i tried purchasing online but unfortunately no luck with that. Can you get it from any store around you? I’ll pay back as soon as i am back. Kindly let me know if you can handle this.
Await your soonest response.
Thanks,
xxxxxx