Hello all!
I’ve seen a few topics here in the community about phishing emails.
Today, I was the lucky recipient of one of those emails! I haven’t seen the actual emails shown here, so here we go....
First thing to notice is the footer of the message. Pretty sure Foreseeing Primate isn’t an official part of Square! Also, if you have a really good eye, you’ll notice that all the text between the Square logo and the Click to process button is an image. This is to fool your spam filters. If you don’t see that, it’s okay, because there is one other way to check. You should be able to click or tap on the name of the sender, in this case Square Support. In iOS email, it’s just the matter of tapping on the name.
See the “other” line? Yup, this is not from a legit Square email. All Square emails will have a squareup.com email address.
So what do you do if you get an email like this? Well, the first thing is pretty simple:
Whatever you do, don’t click on the Click to Process button to verify if it’s legit!!!!
Then forward the email to spoof@squareup.com. Then delete the email. Square will handle it from here, presumably by using the electronic version of knocking kneecaps together. 😝
There will always be people trying to make a quick buck by scamming others. Don’t let them scam you!
