Once again, emails are circulating that claim to be reminders and hide a Trojan in the supposedly attached invoice!
These invoices appear quite authentic in their structure, language and the details they contain. For example, you are addressed by your full name several times, you find your own address and even your own phone number in the email.
You will find plausible-sounding company names as the sender. These companies, if they exist, have absolutely nothing to do with the email, but rather the company name is being misused!
The content of these emails may vary slightly, but their appearance is quite identical. A variant of these emails goes like this:
Dear) ***** *****,
Payment details Payment process: 620-297-875484
address
can be found here
Tel. *********
Unfortunately, your payment to Ogone GmbH & Co. KG could not be recorded. We expect the outstanding payment to be credited to our checking account by September 25, 2018 at the latest. If we cannot see payment by the specified date, we will be forced to submit our claim to a court. Any associated additional costs will be borne by you.
To avoid additional costs, we ask you to transfer the amount due to our account. Due to the ongoing outstanding payment, you are also obliged to pay the resulting costs of 16.32 euros.
All bookings up to September 18, 2018 were taken into account.
The invoice number 620-297-875484 was included in this email.
If you have any questions, we expect to be contacted within two working days.
Best regards
Ogone GmbH & Co. KG
28195 Bremen
VAT number: DE 359443816
In addition to the version with the sender name “Ogone GmbH”, we also have a version with the company name “Comondoo GmbH” and “Novalnet Co. KG”. We assume that other company names will be used. The attached invoice (reminder, etc.) is not an invoice. The content is fictitious, apart from the postal address used by the email recipient. The supposed invoice can be found as an appendix. The name of the invoice consists of the company name, a number and your own name and appears in the form of a .zip archive.

A closer examination of this archive shows that the contents of the archive are a Trojan. Please do not run this Trojan under any circumstances!

What is a TROJAN?
Trojans are standalone (usually executable) programs that pretend to be something other than what they really are. When you run the file, it initially appears as if nothing is happening.
But that's not true! A program is installed in the background.
The program or the internet fraudsters behind such programs now have access to your data or they can also have complete control over your computer.
The most telltale of all file attachments is the .zip attachment. Emails from trustworthy sources never come as .zip files, not even as .com /.pif / .ico / .scr/ .exe. Please do not open and execute the contents unless you consciously expect such a file.
1) Anyone who opens or has opened the file attachment and has also executed the content (this is the critical point!) should first have their PC scanned by their virus scanner .
2) Change all passwords to social networks, online shops, etc. As a precaution, please also notify your bank or credit card company.
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