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The $389 "receipt" in a calendar inviteFAKE INVOICE
A real scam people fell for this year, next to the real thing. The numbers mark the three things to check: hover or tap one to see what it tells you.
You have been invited by dana.whitfield@brightpathdental.com to the following event: Team lunch.
Description: Lunch at Rosa's Kitchen to welcome our new hygienist. Let me know if you can't make it.
Going? Yes / Maybe / No. Invitation from Google Calendar.
You have been invited by norton.billing.4417@gmail.com to the following event: Norton 360 Renewal Invoice #NR-55120.
Description: Your Norton 360 plan renewed today for $389.99. If you did not approve this payment, call Norton Billing at +1 (888) 555-0142 to cancel and get a refund.
Join with Google Meet. Invitation from Google Calendar.
Always check the phone number.
Anyone can send you a calendar invite, so scammers dress one up as a $389.99 Norton receipt with a number to call. The organizer is a random Gmail account, and the "billing" line is a scammer who wants into your computer or your bank.
Sent through Google Calendar by dana.whitfield@brightpathdental.com, a coworker.
Sent through Google Calendar by norton.billing.4417@gmail.com, a random Gmail account, not Norton.
Say yes or no to a team lunch.
Call a phone number to "cancel" a charge.
No pressure.
A $389.99 charge you didn't make.
RememberA bill in a calendar invite is a scam. Don't call the number: check your bank or the company's own site.
Would you have spotted it?
10 pairs like this one, three minutes, a score to share. Then find out who in the family is the easy mark.