OfCom Email scam...

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Just a quick heads up...

I received an Email from spectrum.licensing'at'ofcom.org.uk with a document attached.

"Dear Sir/Madam,

Please find attached an electronic version of important documents relating to your Wireless Telegraphy licence or application.

Please read the document carefully and keep it for future reference.

If any details within this letter are incorrect, please notify Ofcom Spectrum Licensing as soon as possible. It is the Licensee's responsibility to ensure all information we hold is correct and current.

If you have any enquiries relating to this document, please email
XXXXXXXXX

Yours faithfully,


Ofcom Spectrum Licensing
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA

Phone: 020 7981 3131
Fax: 020 7981 3235
Textphone: 020 7981 3043"

Before I opened the .docm file I thought I'd pop to OfCom and see if there's anything about it.

"05|08|15 Some people have received an email that appears to have come from Ofcom spectrum licensing. The email has not been sent by Ofcom – it is a hoax and should be treated as spam and deleted. We have not experienced a breach of our data or systems, and we are investigating as a priority."
http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radiocommunication-licences/ships-radio/

Thought I'd let y'all know
 
snooks said:
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Before I opened the .docm file I thought I'd pop to OfCom and see if there's anything about it.

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You should always be cautious about opening anything with a .docm extension (or a .xlsm etc). They are macro enabled files - you need to know exactly who they're from and what the macro is for before you go anywhere near them.
And you need to know what your macro security settings are.

John
 
I always look at dodgy emails on my phone rather than laptop. My theory/hope is that viruses are designed for Windows and will not do anything to Android. If I am concerned, I delete via my phone

TS
 
For such a spam to have any value it needs to target a potentially believing audience that is individuals with boats fitted with radios.
E bay,paypal and banking scams can catch people out because most of us have e bay,paypal and bank accounts.
So where did the scammers get the target e mails from for this selective group?
Clearly Offcom!!
 
ffiill said:
For such a spam to have any value it needs to target a potentially believing audience that is individuals with boats fitted with radios.
E bay,paypal and banking scams can catch people out because most of us have e bay,paypal and bank accounts.
So where did the scammers get the target e mails from for this selective group?
Clearly Offcom!!
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Why clearly ofcom? It's getting sent to everybody and anybody, not just licence holders.
 
ffiill said:
For such a spam to have any value it needs to target a potentially believing audience that is individuals with boats fitted with radios.
E bay,paypal and banking scams can catch people out because most of us have e bay,paypal and bank accounts.
So where did the scammers get the target e mails from for this selective group?
Clearly Offcom!!
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Not at all. It is easy to send out a million emails, on the law of averages there will be a percentage of the target group in that million - it's how phishing works.
 
My experience of civil service and local government computer systems is that most staff are poorly trained if at all in using them.
Terminals are left on; data on intranet linked pcs is not secured;you can access and read confidential info.held by other departments etc.
The only thing maintaining any level of security being the ignorance of grassroot employees through to senior managers.
Sadly my impression is that this is also true of big business.
 
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