Fake CC

Fake CC

Written by Craig Galbraith
November 25, 2020

Fraudsters will sometimes cobble together a convincing email string by cc’ing other parties — a fake approver, manager, etc. — using real names they’ve gathered, along with spoofed email addresses. They may even mention that they’ve copied someone to try to demonstrate authenticity.

“Inspect email addresses of cc’d parties just as carefully as the sender’s email,” Anastasakis said.

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Craig Galbraith

Craig Galbraith is the editorial director for Channel Futures and Channel Partners, joining the team in 2008. Before that, he spent more than 11 years as an anchor, reporter and managing editor in television newsrooms in North Dakota and Washington state. Craig is a proud Husky, having graduated from the University of Washington. He makes his home in the Phoenix area.