Let’s go over a recent example of Quickbooks phishing. This one is fairly easy to spot as a fake, but it’s just a starting point. These Quickbooks scam-emails are only going to get better…
The above email may not fool everyone. The sender address is rather odd, and there are no convincing graphics in the message. But Quickbooks users may be conditioned to expect that particular shade of green, and the dollar figure may alarm people past their chance to be judgmental. Here’s what comes next, for anyone falling into this trap:
From One Website to Another
When I floated my cursor over that green button, I could tell where it wanted to take me, without clicking.
This is a tactic you might become comfortable with. You may safely position your cursor over links, to get a preview of the destination in the corner of your browser. But please only do this if you are certain of your mouse control. Don’t go outside your comfort zone. Don’t click if you have any doubts.
I don’t recommend you do this, but I went to that website. And it redirected me to another website in Vanuatu…
Which then led me to this good-looking FAKE sign-in landing page:
Victims who arrive here are poised to give their Intuit login credentials to criminals. Please, if you’ve gone down this path, do NOT type in anything! And if you’ve been duped into submitting your info to this website, you must change your Intuit password ASAP.
Whatever the reason, you may contact Intuit at 1-800-4INTUIT or via other methods on this page. You may also report security issues to Intuit at this site.