{"id":4358,"date":"2023-02-28T15:15:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2023-02-28T15:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:15:51","slug":"warning-of-fake-companies-house-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/warning-of-fake-companies-house-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning of Fake Companies House Email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCAM ALERT FOR BUSINESSES!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the latest of a string of impersonation scams targeting Microsoft and Apple users in recent weeks, businesses are being warned that a fake Companies House email is in circulation threatening recipients with legal action.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These fake emails are being sent by scammers hoping to steal data or infect devices with malware, thus threatening significant disruption and risk to organisations they target.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to spot a bogus email\u2026&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fake emails fail to address the recipient by name. Emails that open with a generic,&nbsp;<em>\u2018Dear Customer\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;should raise red flags.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The email should not feel threatening. Language such as,&nbsp;<em>\u2018Correction request: do not ignore to avoid legal action!\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;would be inappropriate from a government agency.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check web links if a letter asks you to \u2018download\u2019. Check that the URL matches a legitimate website when hovering over the link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For further guidance on how to protect your business from cyber crime and fraud please contact&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk\"><strong>enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;and visit&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/\"><strong>crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeast\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NEBRC is a non-profit organisation that seeks to educate, inform, and support businesses across the UK on how to stay safe online through strong cyber security practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The NEBRC offers all businesses within the region free core membership to gain access to a wealth of handy cyber security resources and stay up to date with the latest news regarding the digital landscape. To sign-up click <a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/core-membership-sign-up\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCAM ALERT FOR BUSINESSES! In the latest of a string of impersonation scams targeting Microsoft and Apple users in recent weeks, businesses are being warned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}