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Attack Date: May 5, 2022
Employee Impersonation New Vendor Payment Fraud BEC Attack
This text-based BEC attack impersonates an employee using display name spoofing, a free webmail account, and a new vendor theme to request a fraudulent payment.
Email Content
Subject
Check for a new vendor
Body
[Recipient First Name]
Is there any possibility that you can cut a check today for a new
vendor that did a consulting job for us? The invoice is past due
already.
[Impersonated Employee Name]
[Impersonated Employee Title]
[Impersonated Employee Company]