Receiving the electricity bill mail is already a bad experience in the times we live in, but with this added threat, it already becomes a real nightmare. The Civil Guard has detected a new fraud of Phishing in which You receive emails very similar to Endesa distributor invoices.
The subject, design and messages of the mail are related to those that Endesa officially issues, and the domain of the mail sent is endesa.com. Therefore, knowing how to distinguish this fake email from the genuine ones is not really easy. We are going to see some tips to achieve this if you are used to checking these emails from the iPhone.
An invoice is not an executable
Obviously, if you are not an Endesa customer, the scam is immediately detected, because if you are not a customer, you cannot receive an invoice. But if so, the trick to spotting the genuine scam is simple: if the attached invoice is a compressed file, suspect
From the Incibe website, in fact, they tried to unzip the file to verify that it is an .MSI executable. This saves all iPhone and Mac users, but let’s not take it lightly: it’s very easy to come across an .app or .pkg executable. If that is the case, do not open them and delete them as soon as possible
You can easily check if you have new bills for your electricity consumption from the official Endesa app, which can be used as proof when viewing genuine bills. You have it for free in the app store and from there you can also download the invoices in PDF format. Prioritize these official channels instead of relying on email if you want to ensure your safety.
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