MSI issued a warning to its fans and followers around the world today.in the news preliminary report Flagged as “Important Notice”, major PC and component makers told stories of scammers targeting tech YouTubers with bogus product partnership offers.
MSI duplicated an email from the scammer and addressed it to what it believed was a future tech-focused YouTuber. “Do you know MSI, the top manufacturer of electronic equipment?” This was quickly followed up with a partnership promise to “allow free review” of a conveyor belt of pre-release MSI tech.
This first compelling email was from a user named Martinio using an email address hosted by voiny.cz. Thankfully, “prey” probably looked into this Czech web portal of his and found out that it’s a popular place for scammers and scammers to set up email addresses. With this in mind, they may have taken no bait and contacted MSI, which is currently issuing this news alert.
MSI said the email examples above are just the tip of the iceberg, stating, “We’ve been noticing recent occurrences of fraudulent emails to content creators and valued followers.” In a bulletin, MSI notes that multiple YouTube creators have reached out to his MSI to confirm the accuracy of his email offerings.
According to PC and component manufacturers, the important thing to note in such emails is that MSI makes genuine offers through genuine emails. who@msi.com email address. If you receive an email similar to the low-resolution but readable sample above, delete it immediately and do not reply or click on any links.
Whether the email contained a malicious link or MSI removed it from the sample screenshots, the scammers have been swindling for some time before attempting to extort bank account details and more from the targeted YouTuber. I don’t know if it was. – With a long-con approach. In any case, please be careful, be sarcastic, and scrutinize unsolicited offers.
In other recent MSI and scammer news, it turns out there are a number of websites with similar sounding/looking domains offering downloads of the MSI Afterburner utility laced with malware. bottom. This was a rinse and repeat of the 2021 scam.
