This is either done so that the entire name and email address of the sender is a forgery, or in more straightforward cases, just the name of the sender. Email Impersonation Attacks Rely on SpoofingĮmail spoofing is when an attacker (cybercriminal) forges an email so that it appears the email has been sent by someone else. The good news is that you or your IT staff can take some simple (and free) measures to protect your business from email-based impersonation attacks. In the same year, Mimecast reported that impersonation attacks were the fastest growing email-based cyber attack causing victims to lose on average $180,000. The ACCC’s Scamwatch reveals that Australians reported over $4.7 million in losses caused by impersonation attacks in 2017, and estimates that 2,800 Australians were tricked into giving up personal information. Criminals typically pose as personnel in positions of authority and ask victims to perform money transfers, pay invoices, or to send the attacker sensitive data.
The scheme involves cybercriminals mimicking business owners and executives through the use of phishing emails. Confidence scams: the UN will not spontaneously contact you to transfer large sums of money out of a country or provide an individual grant.īe aware that scams are not limited to these- new schemes are appearing with increasing frequency.A major cyber threat to Australian businesses is email-based impersonation scams targeting key personnel.False vacancy announcements may be created to extract personal information from job seekers. Be careful to use only official websites to apply for UN jobs and be cautious about providing personal information. Employment scams: if you have applied for a job with the UN, please note that the UN does not ask for money at any stage of the recruitment process.Romance scams: an individual claims to be a UN peacekeeper or humanitarian aid worker and quickly develops a deeply personal online relationship, then asks for help getting vacation pay, hardship leave, care for a sick child, removal to home, or other personal or financial assistance.These schemes may come through social media, email, phone calls, postal mail or be posted on websites. Many fraud schemes falsely claim association with the United Nations in order to try to get money or personal information from well-meaning people who would like to help the organization. Please be very careful when asked for personal information or money by people who you do not know! Check the UN Fraud Alertfor more information. 2 Commission on the Status of Women(CSW).
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