Companies House fake email alert

Companies House fake email alert

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Earlier in the week a client attempted to email me a Companies House complaint email. 

I should have recognised the warning signs - my email account rejected the mail, the client was convinced the email was genuine so I asked him to forward it to a personal email account.

Needless to say it had an attachment which contained a virus.

So if you or a client receives a similar email  - DON'T OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!

Fortunately I managed to get rid of the virus so not too much harm done.

Companies House confirmed the email is a scam designed to steal password details.

This link has some details.

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By DMGbus
06th Sep 2013 16:58

Sender [email protected] ?

The eMail that I received look like it came from Companies House.

When I moved it to junk, the sender's name changed to (someone)@rbs.co.uk.

"(someone)" was a name which I've redacted.

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