…but isn’t that what a scammer would say?
Here is an interesting situation to start off the cyber news week. How do you convince people your official website and service is not a scam? The Government is constantly having to do this for their Household Response Service.
UK gov keeps repeating its voter registration website is NOT a scam – BleepingComputer
It does look dodgy, especially the last three entries on the council list:
Of course it is scam site
It has all the hallmarks of a typical social engineering attack.
- The letter directing you to the site includes the threat of a £1000 fine for failure to comply.
- The security steps – a two part code – seem reassuringly complicated.
- The domain is a .com not a .gov.uk.
- There are suspicious entries on the council list.
- The list formatting varies.
- What is “BCP Council”?
This site however is legitimate
Your takeaway from this is do a better job of building your website if you want to collect personal information from your site visitors.
This is such a good example of a site you should be suspicious of and a job done badly I am going to use it in my next Cyber Security Awareness course.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
