Scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang in fake ransom notes sent to US companies via snail mail through the United States Postal Service. Guidepoint Security first reported the phony ransom notes today, and BleepingComputer later received a scan of the note from a CEO who received the same letter. The envelopes for these ransom notes claim to be from the "BIANLIAN Group" and have a return address in an office building in Boston, Massachusetts.
The letter shared with BleepingCompu
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If you were one of the millions of people who watched Netflix's The Tinder Swindler, you may have shaken your head in wonder at how women could be allegedly hoodwinked out of millions of dollars. People fall for these scams for the same reasons that they fall prey to cold-call scam texts claiming that their loved one is in hospital and fees urgently need to be paid: When emotions are involved, rational thinking can go out of the window.
See: https://www.netflix.com/title/81254340
Simon Leviev,
Ever think about scamming the harassing telephone scammers? Three to four days a week, a US Los Angeles based voice actor calls back telephones thieves and messes with their heads. For the past two years, this champion of anti-scamming, runs a sort of reverse call center, deliberately ringing the people most of us hang up on those scammers who pose as tax agencies or tech-support companies or inform you that you’ve recently been in a car accident you somehow do not recall. When the actor gets
