Today a client received an unsolicited email from Kelly Reed, a supposed Marketing Executive. Now in general this email seems innocent enough, offering a list of interior designer contact information to a home renovation company. Upon closer inspection there are clues that this isn’t from a legitimate person and/or company. In the highlighted areas above are clues. The highlighted email address indicates a hooverscustom.com as the company URL. Using a browser, review the Search Engine results for hooverscustom.com. What I found was that there was no website. Now this isn't unheard of for a small business, but in conjunction with the fact that no company name is given and then only Texas, USA in the signature block, it is even more suspicious. Who just gives the state that they're in? What would happen if you were to reply to this email? Maybe nothing, but there is a myriad of opportunities here for potential scammers. More than likely someo...
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