BACS payment - Essex Council eMail warning

danger iconYet another batch of fake and infected emails turning up today, this time the subject is "Hello" followed by a random set of character or name, which also matches the first part of the from address. EG: "Hello e9997e7" with the From appearing to be "Sale (e9997e7@ some domain).

The contents of the fake email are:

Please find downloaded notification of your BACS payment from Essex County Council.

If you require further information please refer to the contact details in the attached document.
BACS Remittance Advice generated automatically by 2e2 on behalf of Essex County Council.


Paramat 60
85 rue des jacobins
60740 Saint maximin
Tel : 03.44.66.03.47

However, the eMail is NOT from Essex County Council, especially with a French address and the zip file you are asked to open has a malicious payload that once opened, will automatically run and infect your machine. As always, NEVER click on these links and never respond to them, just delete the email.

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