A recent phishing campaign is attempting to lure users with a message purporting to come from LG Electronics. Despite the fact that the scam is obvious at a glance at the subject line, some recipients may be tempted to open the message.
The interesting thing about this phishing campaign is that the sender's email address has a domain in the .edu TLD (top-level domain), which is used by higher education institutions, such as universities.
This type of email address is quite useful for scammers because they are not caught by spam filters, and the emails mistakenly appear to come from top-level domains.
In this particular case, it appears that the scammer sent the message from Vincennes University in Indiana.
The message is simple: the recipient is notified that they have won a raffle organized by LG, and is asked to send an e-mail to a different address.
Even an inexperienced user could see that there is a mismatch between the two addresses, since to claim the prize the message must be sent to an email address at “outlook.com.au.”
