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Attack Date: May 19, 2022
Employee Impersonation New Vendor Payment Fraud BEC Attack
This text-based BEC attack impersonates an employee using a spoofed email address, a free webmail account, and a new vendor theme to request a fraudulent payment.
Email Content
Subject
Thursday 19th May, 2022. Vendor's Payment
Body
Hi [Recipient First Name],
I'd need you to process payment of $1,910 to a vendor and it's imperative the payment goes out today. Let me know if you are available so I can send further instructions.
Thanks.