14 DAY TRIAL // There’s almost one month until the US celebrates its Independence Day, but cybercriminals have already started leveraging the big event in their schemes.
Dynamoo’s Blog has issued an alert regarding a spam campaign that’s designed to distribute malware with the aid of phony notifications entitled “Transmission Confirmation [random code],” apparently sent by the National Payment (NatPay) Automated Reports System.
“Thursday, July 04, 2013, Independence Day is a Federal Banking Holiday. All banks are closed for this holiday, therefore NatPay will not be able to process any files on that date. If you plan on transmitting for a paydate that falls between Thursday, July 04, 2013 and Thursday, July 11, 2013 you will need to the file a day earlier,” the fake emails read.
Users who click on the links contained in the emails are taken, via a number of redirects, to a website that serves malware.
If you receive such emails, make sure you don’t click on any of the links they contain. If you’re a victim of this scam, scan your computer with an antivirus to make sure it’s not infected with malware.