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Hi all,
I spoke directly to Peter this morning after receiving an email purporting to be from him which asked me to click on a link to access a file. As it was out of the blue and something did not ring true despite the email looking normal in other ways - i.e. using all his address details in signature, correct tag lines etc. - I then forwarded it initially to another of his email accounts alerting him to the fact that his account may have been hacked. I then rather surprisingly received a response, which we now know to be from the 'hacker' which said it was fine to open the link as it was from 'Peter'. It goes without saying that I didn't open the link and then phoned Peter instead. Our IT has confirmed that the link goes to Google Cloud where a file can be downloaded.
Almost immediately after, I received a further email purporting to be from York Archaeological Trust. I understand from Peter that the email from his account has been sent to most of CBA's contacts. He definitely did not send it.
Regards
Vanessa Clarke
Senior Archaeological Officer (Planning) Environment & Sustainable Communities Bedford Borough Council Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
01234 718560 (47560)
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Iles, Peter
Sent: 09 September 2014 16:59
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Archaeology scam emails
Hi All,
Just a quick alert - I've just had a couple of scam emails in, asking me to 'click here to see a file'. One was allegedly from Peter Olver at the CBA, the other from David Boston at YAT, both with text that seemed to have been ripped off from genuine emails.
Needless to say they were both deleted.
I think CBA and YAT are aware of the issue.
Yours,
Peter Iles
Specialist Advisory Services
Lancashire County Council
Development Management
PO Box 100
County Hall
Preston
PR1 0LD
t.01772 531550
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