Getting SCCA emails with file downloads

[stonebridge20]

Is anybody else getting a bunch of emails from different people within SCCA HQ or from Nick Craw in the last two days or am I just special ?

I'm too chicken to download the files to see what's in them.

[racerjon1]

Is anybody else getting a bunch of emails from different people within SCCA HQ or from Nick Craw in the last two days or am I just special ?

I'm too chicken to download the files to see what's in them.

Is it a wetransfer link out of curiosity?

(And my rule is if I don't know it's coming, I'm not opening it.)

[Eric Little]

Is anybody else getting a bunch of emails from different people within SCCA HQ or from Nick Craw in the last two days or am I just special ?

I'm too chicken to download the files to see what's in them.

No, I am not getting any files. Why not just call HQ and ask if they sent you anything. If they say "no", then hit delete.

Eric Little

[racerjon1]

I'm thinking you'll not have much luck calling Topeka and asking for Nick Craw... :-)

[stonebridge20]

Is it a wetransfer link out of curiosity?

(And my rule is if I don't know it's coming, I'm not opening it.)

Yep, we transfer link.

WTF is that ?

[stonebridge20]

These are two of the half dozen emails I've gotten in the past two days.

[alangbaker]

See if you can exam the full headers of the emails you've just received...

...assuming you have other emails from the SCCA whose headers you can compare them against.

[BeerBudgetRacing]

what isn't good is the file to download is apparently an html (web page) file.
it could contain links to download malicious content.

Rule of thumb. If you aren't expecting files, contact the sender. Confirm the email address first.
I've seen compromised email accounts auto reply "yes. it's very important that you look at it now." when someone replies "did you send me some files"

Always ask specific questions.

[SteveG]

Is anybody else getting a bunch of emails from different people within SCCA HQ or from Nick Craw in the last two days or am I just special ?

I'm too chicken to download the files to see what's in them.

Block the senders! Run away!

[Pi_guy]

Is anybody else getting a bunch of emails from different people within SCCA HQ or from Nick Craw in the last two days or am I just special ?

I'm too chicken to download the files to see what's in them.

It is crap a virus or trojan.
I knew it was bad when it came to a email address not used for SCCA stuff.

[stonebridge20]

Interesting that I keep getting these emails from SCCA related people in refrence to a "Nationals proposed"

This has got to be the workings of a spec Miata guy gone full retard.

[Lotus7]

I get almost daily F4 emails, as expected, but zero of the sort you’re describing.
I’d bin them.

[pacratt]

Generally, these situations are a scammer that has hacked (hijacked) someone's email list...in this case SCCA.
You can probably find a short list of who else it is sent to in the "TO" line and it will always be alphabetical.
Also, the "SENDER" may say SCCA, but the sender's email address will not be any email address coinciding with SCCA.
I've seen these countless times.
An SCCA email from Nick Craw should have been an immediate RED FLAG to you...his old email account is probably still sitting, dormant, in the SCCA server...an easy target for a hacker.
The messages themselves are annoying at best...BUT DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS !!!...those contain Trojan viruses that give the scammer access to your computer !!
I used to get scam emails from Robert Mueller & James Comey on a regular basis...NOT ACUALLY from the FBI, but possibly convincing to someone naïve.

Glenn

[FVRacer21]

I got an email that looked suspicious but not the typical spam

things to look for:

1. A professional person but not a proper signature block
2. They used a large file service downloader, but the file was small enough to be attached normally
3. The person was confirmed as real on LinkedIn but the wording in the email was vague and not professional

A call confirmed the persons email (and this was a billion dollar company) had been hacked.

#2 got the attn of my IT person.

ChrisZ

[DaveW]

Is anybody else getting a bunch of emails from different people within SCCA HQ or from Nick Craw in the last two days or am I just special ?

I'm too chicken to download the files to see what's in them.

Yeah, I got them also - obvious to me it's spam or phishing! I almost NEVER click on any link in an email. I'll go directly to the site in a browser if I think it might be legit.

[Bob Wright]

THEY ARE SPAM!!

I got a separate email from Sydney Davis-Yagel telling us not to open them.