The email message below, which appears as if it came from Maxicam Ltd Group, is a phishing scam. The fake email is being sent by cyber criminals to trick online users into clicking on the link in it, which goes a phishing website that steals Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo, Gmail and other email account credentials (usernames and passwords).
The "Maxicam Ltd Group Order Transfer Details" Phishing Scam
From: NAXICAM COMPANY
Re: Order Transfer Details
Mon 17/04/2017 10:35
Attachment: Order Details.pdf
Greetings Sir,
Please find attached that details of the order.
Please kindly following the highlighted links to view complete Dropbox files.
Best Regards
Patrick Hellman
Purchase Manager
Maxicam Ltd Group
Tel: +45-256-668-5521
Fax: +45-125-586-5520
The "Order Details.pdf" attachment:
Maxicam
VIEW COMPLETE ORDER
DETAILS AND INITIAL PAYMENT RECEIPT
c LTD WILL LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPLETE AND SINCERE
COORPERATION WITH US.
WE WILL APPREACIATE A RAPID RESPOND TO PROCEED.
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF NAXICAM
PATRICK HELLMAN
PURCHASE MANAGER
The link in the email message goes to the fake Maxicam Ltd Group or Dropbox website where visitors will be asked to sign-in with their email account credentials. But, any attempt to sign-in will result in the visitors' email account credentials beings sent to the cybercriminals responsible for the scam. Once the cybercriminals have received the stolen credentials, they will use it hijacked the email accounts and use them fraudulently. Now, any fraudulent activity done by the cyber criminals will be traced back to the owners of the email accounts, who have no idea that their accounts are being used fraudulently.
Therefore, if online users want to verify the legitimacy of a Maxicam Ltd Group email message, they should go to their legitimate website at http://www.maxicamuk.com/ and contact them using the contact information on it.
For online users who have already being tricked by the fake or phishing email message, are asked to change their email account's passwords immediately, before their email accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently by the cybercriminals behind the scam.