Re: Suspicious "invoice" email?

From	Alain D D Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Suspicious "invoice" email?
Date	2024-05-18 01:20 +0200
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On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 03:28:35PM -0400, PMA wrote:

> I received the following today from (Jerry Henley at) Ella White
> <eltonsshurtz0@gmail.com>.
> 
> I suspect fraud here, so have not opened the invoice he/she attached.
> 
> Can you possibly tell me whether the message is legitimate?

I did not spend much time on it. Some, ill informed or naive people would have
just paid it, or it could have been an attempt to infect a (MS Windows) PC, or
it could have been an attempt to get bank a/c details.

Anyway: things like that I forward to the address below and they are looked at
by people in GCHQ or similar -- you can help them to combat these reprobates by
forwarding suspicious emails:

report@phishing.gov.uk

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