PASSWORD RESET PHISHING

Email Includes a Password Reset Button and Unfamiliar Sending Domain

One of the most common phishing attempts that we see is a passwrod reset scam. The scammer poses as rof.net or Align Multimedia, and tells the receiver that they need to change their password. Their intent is to get the recipient to type in their current password, making the recipient believe that they need to do so in order to change their password.

The first way to know that this email is phishing is that ROF/Align never need to send out emails requesting that you reset your password as we have the ability to do so ourselves if absolutely necessary.

The second and most telling way to know is that the sender's email address is not from rof or align. In this case it is from a random catering company (see below). This does not mean that the catering company is trying to scam you. It is almost certain that the email address is legitimate, but that they fell for the same phishing scam and now their account is being used to send out more scam emails.

broken image