Date and Time First Identified
- December 11, 2024 at approximately 9:45am
Phishing Method
- The email exhibits suspicious sending behavior: the sender's email signature (display name/email address) matches a known brand ('Dropbox'), but the email address (no-reply@dropbox.com) does not match the display name ('The Lyme Timber Company (Via Dro..'), a common pattern in impersonation attempts.
- The email contains a Dropbox link for a file titled "THE LYME TIMBER COMPANY PROPOSAL.paper"
User Response
- Mark the message as spam or junk
- Block the sender (so you don’t get another message like this)
- Do not click on the link or reply to the message.
- Forward the message to phishing@dartmouth.edu
Sample Unformatted Email
Subject: The Lyme Timber Company shared "THE LYME TIMBER COMPANY PROPOSAL.paper" with you
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The Lyme Timber Company (lymetimber@mail.com) invited you to view the file "THE LYME TIMBER COMPANY PROPOSAL.paper" on Dropbox.
(Link Redacted)
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