Strange Emails from Square

2 points

10 years ago

Just got some strange emails from what is supposed to look like Square, the sign-in link leads to a fake Square sign-in box.

Here's a copy of the email I received from a person named King, Kelly:

Payment - Square Payment

       [https://square-production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/email/05-29-transactional-assets/jewel_header.gif]

Hello,

We are sorry, all payments on your account has been placed on pending. This was as a result of some unusual activities detected on your account. Kindly use the dashboard portal bellow to authorize all payments place on pending on your square account. Visit your Dashboard bellow to authorize all deposit on your square account.

Dashboard<http://hthrifo.com/HOP/Square/>

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