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‘Emergency alert’ confirmation emails
What’s the threat?
Scammers are sending emails impersonating the Government asking whether you received the emergency alert on Sunday 7 September. It gives you two options to click: ‘Yes, I did’ and ‘No, I did not’ ( 1 in our screenshot right).
It claims that it needs to “assess how reliably these alerts are delivered” and that by answering you’re helping the Government “confirm coverage across the country” 2 . If you click either link, scammers will try to trick you into running malicious PowerShell code on your computer. This allows them to install malware.