Attention Wise users - fake emails circulating

[Crossy]

A couple of friends have received emails purportedly from Wise:-

 

 

All the hallmarks of a fake, not personally addressed, embedded link, etc. etc. the "Login" link goes to "wIseuk" (yes, that's a lower case L).

 

Despite all the warnings people still follow these links and get screwed, so another warning can never hurt.

 

 

[MJCM]

I got these as well, but I have a very unique email address for my Wise account (and all others as well) and they (the spammers) are sending it to the wrong one

 

https://simplelogin.io/

 

 

 

[Swiss1960]

I confirm,  I just found 2 such mails in my spam folder 

[scubascuba3]

Usually the easiest way to spot these is clicking on the senders email address

[MJCM]

13 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Usually the easiest way to spot these is clicking on the senders email address

You are right, but you can spoof an email address which easily fools an NON PC Savy user!

 

https://www.proofpoint.com/au/threat-reference/email-spoofing

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing

Edited May 7, 2022 by MJCM

[n00dle]

16 minutes ago, MJCM said:

You are right, but you can spoof an email address which easily fools an NON PC Savy user!

 

https://www.proofpoint.com/au/threat-reference/email-spoofing

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing

true as this is it is very hard to fool most mailservers, because despite the email address appearing dfferent, the header info is all wrong/ 

[scubascuba3]

34 minutes ago, MJCM said:

You are right, but you can spoof an email address which easily fools an NON PC Savy user!

 

https://www.proofpoint.com/au/threat-reference/email-spoofing

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing

After years of receiving phishing emails etc, the email address is always a give away, the name is changed but I can't think of one example where i clicked on the email address and it was correct

[JAS21]

Just received a different one today…

Asking me to change my password

[bbko]

What’s the difference between a legitimate Wise email and a fake one?

• Wise always addresses you by the first name you entered on our website

• If we ask you to follow a link in an email, you’ll always be directed to a website which starts with https://wise.com

• Double check the spelling of this website — scammers will sometimes change one letter so the address looks very similar

If you think you’ve received a phishing email from somebody pretending to be Wise, get in touch — we’re happy to help.

 

https://wise.com/help/articles/2932695/watch-out-for-phishing

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, JAS21 said:

Just received a different one today…

Asking me to change my password

was it a phishing email?

[JAS21]

8 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

was it a phishing email?

I think the clue was in their e-mail address

 

[email protected]

 

and

 

Hello ,

Why you need a new password?

Your Password Being Compromised, Stolen In A Data Breach. Wise recommends changing your password

Get a new password

 Your current password will still work.

Thanks,

The Wise Team

 

[JAS21]

Why are they picking on me…

 

Hello ,

Your are sending 310.74 USD to Jhon Thwin's account.

That was really fast. Your money got to Moe Sett Thwin in 30 minutes . And you saved up to 14.96 NZD, too.

Transfer details

Amount:

500 NZD

Rate:

0.6244

 

Same e-mail address as above…