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title: "Fresh Phish: Catch of The Day: Malware-laden Thanksgiving Cards"
description: We are seeing a lot of variations on this greeting card scam this week. The emails appear to be from a colleague the recipient knows well.
---

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# [Fresh Phish: Catch of The Day: Malware-laden Thanksgiving Cards](https://www.inky.com/en/blog/malware-laden-thanksgiving-cards)

 Written by [Stephen Ferrell](https://www.inky.com/en/blog/author/stephen-ferrell) | Nov 20, 2018 4:38:57 PM

Imagine scanning your inbox and seeing a “Thanksgiving Greetings” email from your boss. How sweet! What a nice break between everyday messages to read a short email wishing you Thanksgiving Greetings. The email has an attachment called “Greeting Card 2018.”  Maybe this card has a picture of the new puppy, or their beach house? ...

If your organization used INKY, you would know right away that this email is really a sneaky [phishing attempt](https://www.inky.com/phishing-threats/). We are seeing a lot of variations on this greeting card scam this week. The emails appear to be from a colleague the recipient knows well. The messages are very brief, often with a benign seasonal quote and a sentence mentioning the card. **Nothing about these emails looks particularly suspicious**, and that is why companies need Inky Phish Fence. 

INKY instantly analyzes emails without slowing down email delivery. For these emails, INKY displayed a prominent red “Danger” banner, warning that the email is from a “[Spoofed Internal Sender](https://www.inky.com/domain-spoofing-detection/)” with a “Malware attachment.” Clicking that greeting card could disable or damage your organization's computer system and/or expose its data. No thanks! 

INKY is also as easy to set up as being asked to bring the rolls to Thanksgiving dinner. See for yourself and [schedule a demo now](https://www.inky.com/get-inky/), before the “Happy New Year” greeting cards show up in your inbox. 

 

 

 

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