You receive an email from a user with the display name of the President of your company. The email requests that you do them a favor and purchase gift cards and send the gift cards to an email…

The correct answer is C. Call the IT department to verify that the email is valid. This scenario is a classic example of email spoofing and a social engineering attack. You should contact the IT department immediately using internal communication methods to verify the legitimacy of the request. Never respond or take action based on suspicious emails.

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Question

You receive an email from a user with the display name of the President of your company. The email requests that you do them a favor and purchase gift cards and send the gift cards to an email address provided. What should you do?

Options

ACall the number listed in the email.
BReply to the sender asking them to verify the email's legitimacy.
CCall the IT department to verify that the email is valid.
DPurchase the gift cards and send them as the President asked.

How the community answered

(44 responses)

A
7% (3)
B
14% (6)
C
77% (34)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

This scenario is a classic example of email spoofing and a social engineering attack. You should contact the IT department immediately using internal communication methods to verify the legitimacy of the request. Never respond or take action based on suspicious emails.

Topics

#CEO fraud#social engineering#phishing#email security

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