DHL named most-spoofed brand in phishing

DHL is the most spoofed brand when it comes to phishing emails, according to Check Point. Crooks most frequently used the brand name in their attempts to steal personal and payment information from marks between July and September 2022, with the shipping giant accounting for 22 percent of all worldwide phishing attempts …

[that one in the corner]

Just taking advantage of DHL's reputation

The phishing would not be so realistic if it wasn't such a common occurrence for packages to vanish, or drivers be unable to spot the "Smallville Welcomes Careful Drivers" sign (then insist you really live in Bludhaven), or "but the street only goes up to number 35" (look around the corner!)...

So far, DHL is the only company who had me resorting to phoning both the Inland Revenue and the Law Society on the same day, trying to resolve the situation.

All the other carriers, just phoning direct or a couple of emails got things reasonably well sorted. I know there'll be a pile of "well, UPS/RM/Whatever-hermes-is-called-now managed to crush my parcel/drown my cat/set fire to my house" but compared to my feelings about DHL...

[sitta_europea]

This is news?

[Ruisert]

Given that it still occurs on such a large scale, it is. We all here (hopefully) know this stuff. But it's those folks like my mom who can't even figure out how to do a simple internet search that are the targets. I shared this on my LinkedIn account because LinkedIn is still a huge target. And if that foils even a single scamming bastard, I've done my good deed for the day.

[katrinab]

I like to fill those things out with random numbers for the account details, and the address and phone number of a random police station.

Some of them have been arrested, and I like to think that getting them to report themselves to the police helped with that.