Tag Archives: phishing emails

The “Calendar Screenshot” Scam: How Booking Phishing Emails Target Web Agencies

How the booking phishing attack happens, the calendar screenshot scam

Getting an unsolicited lead for a major website redesign, SEO, and “the works” is usually cause for celebration. Lately, though, it might be a trap. A booking scam is making the rounds, specifically designed to compromise web agencies and freelancers during standard discovery calls.

There’s no software exploit here. No malware attachment. Just deceptive workflow manipulation. By looking at how this fake client inquiry phishing pattern (a booking link phishing attack) works, we can see how it manages to

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Anatomy of a Domain Renewal Scam: How Phishing Emails Use Subdomain Tricks

Exposing example of domain renewal phishing email scams, this one for Squarespace domains

It happens in a flash. You are sorting through your inbox, and a high-urgency notification lands: Your domain name is about to expire in 2 days. It lists your exact domain, a fee, and a convenient "Payment link."

If you hurry up and click, you aren't renewing your domain. You are handing your payment details directly to a scammer.

A recent wave of highly targeted phishing emails - posing as automated registry alerts from major platforms like Squarespace - is

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