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The Hackers Brief from Cyber Wyoming is sponsored by First Federal Bank & Trust. Be aware of the latest scams in Sheridan, Wyoming and the rest of the nation.
Change Health care scam
An email with an attachment claiming to be an EFT (electronic funds transfer) payment from www.exp.paymentxchange@gmail.com with the subject line of “EFT Payment Awaiting Approval.” The attachment was found to have a virus by Google’s email protection software. Reported by a Laramie citizen.
McAfee antivirus renewal scam
A Sheridan citizen reported an email impersonating McAfee claiming the free trial was over and the invoice was attached. The branding and invoice look very real, however, the email was from a Gmail address and the McAfee support number listed was a Utah number and the REAL McAfee company is located in California.
PayPal scam
An email was reported by a Sheridan citizen imitating PayPal saying that a person has been trying to contact you to transfer money. The email uses the PayPal brand, looks very real, but is from a Gmail address and uses day-month-year date format instead of the US’s month-day-year. While there are no links on the email, don’t call the phone number, which has a Hawaiian area code (808) and been linked with fake Amazon recorded calls (robocalls).
Dr. Ava Smith email scam
A Laramie citizen reported an email from…
