Dropbox Email Scam

1/30/23

By:

Kim Martirizar

Scammers behind this phishing scam attempt to trick unsuspecting recipients into providing their Microsoft account credentials.

Scammers behind this phishing scam attempt to trick unsuspecting recipients into providing their Microsoft account credentials. They try to deceive people through a link within a PDF document, which is downloaded through a Dropbox-shared link contained within another PDF document.

This document can be opened through a link within a phishing email. Therefore, do not trust this scam email and, more importantly, do not enter information on the deceptive website.

To make this phishing email seem more believable, scammers disguise it as an automated email from Dropbox. It is just one of the many cases whereby scammers exploit the name of a well-known company or organization to trick recipients into believing that a received email is official and legitimate. The main purpose of this scam is to trick people into entering their Microsoft account credentials so that the scammers responsible can steal their accounts. By entering the aforementioned credentials, users would give scammers access to Microsoft products and services such as Office, Skype, Outlook, OneDrive, etc.