Email Security & Scam Prevention
As time goes on, more and more customers of firms become targets for online scams.The scammers will send out fraudulent emails pretending to be a member of staff or representing a firm with the hopes of making their targets believe its genuine in order to take money from you.
While it is possible for these fraudsters to pose as ACMCA Ltd - without our knowledge - the information below should help you identify real emails from the fake and let you know what to do if you recieve such an email.
What type of hoax email might you receive?
Usually these emails are sent by internet fraudsters pretending to be one of our members of staff.
Hoax emails are sent with the intention of obtaining money from you under false pretences. There are many different types of scams so you must be careful when you recieve emails. If in doubt contact us directly.
A popular hoax is for a fraudster to send an email apparently from ACMCA Ltd claiming that the recipient owes money which the firm is instructed to collect and giving bogus bank account details in order for the payment to be made. People have been known to make payment to the fraudsters even though they did not actually owe any money at all.
How to spot a fake email
Fake emails can look identical to real emails that would come from ACMCA Ltd. The more realistic, the more likely that you would believe its real and not ask the question, is it real?
The email will have some kind of link that it wants you to visit. The text that you see in the email can say anything they want it to say in order to make it appear real. The way to spot if it is genuine is to hover over that link and you will see the full website URL that would open if you clicked it. A genuine ACMCA Ltd email would link you to our own website: http://www.acmca.co.uk/. The fake email though could be something widly different or just a few letters different to try to catch you out.
Legitimate emails from ACMCA Ltd that you recieve will come from an email address that ends with "@acmca.co.uk" but fraudulent emails will often be sent from a web-based email address, such as Gmail or Hotmail. This is also not a garantee to spot a fake email as it is suprising easy to send as the genuine address without their knowledge.
Be on the look out for grammatical errors and/or spelling mistakes or attempt to put you under pressure to send money or release personal details.
ACMCA Ltd will never ‘cold call’ you or send you an unsolicited email.
What to do if you receive a hoax email
In the event that you receive any unsolicited emails that claim to have been sent from ACMCA Ltd, please bring it to our attention by contacting us on 07714 064964 or allan@acmca.co.uk. As soon as we are aware of a scam we will take steps to warn other clients.
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