Attention all members of the Sprite Club of SA

One of our members recently had a virus or trojan infect their computer unfortunately. They have had their computer professionally cleaned and reset; however, the hackers responsible have managed to get hold of enough information to recreate more seemingly genuine emails from people it may appear that you know.

Here are the warning signs:

Title – Favour to ask

Content will include this (or something very similar):

Good Morning. Sorry to bother you. Are you available on email for a few minutes? Can’t call due to a serious throat pain caused by laryngitis (or similar ailment)

Don’t respond to the email. It is not who you think it is. Its a scam. The hacker has cloned the email address and used computer trickery to overlay that address on their own. If you do receive this, text or call the person who the message appears to be from and let them know. Or text the email to me and I’ll check the member list to see if its one of our members.

DONT forward or respond to the email.

I’ve had the club website checked and will have it checked again if the emails continue and I’ve personally re-run a virus scan on my computer to make sure it wasn’t me.