Malicious Email “2014 Tax payment issue”

By helpdesk In On January 22, 2015

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UPDATED:

A malicious email has been identified with a malicious .doc OR .xls attachment.

 

The email subject is:

2014 Tax payment issue

With an email body of:

“Attention: Manager 

This is to inform you that your legal address was filled incorrectly while completing the last tax form application for 2014 year.

In order to avoid penalty fees during the next tax period please contact our expert as soon as you check the payment details (the DOC invoice attached below).

 Regards

Mcleod

Tax Collector”

In your inbox it may appear as:

The body of the email looks similar to:

We recommend that you DO NOT open the attachment, please forward the email to virus.scan@systemforce.co.uk and then delete it.

 

UPDATE

 

Another version of this email has been seen with a .xls attachment, the same advice applies, see below for an image:

 

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