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title: "Email scam: Tell curious minds to be careful clicking unexpected E-ticket Infringement Notices"
description: A fake toll road invoice is targeting Queenslanders – and visitors to the state – with malware.
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# [Email scam: Tell curious minds to be careful clicking unexpected E-ticket Infringement Notices](https://www.mailguard.com.au/blog/email-scam-tell-curious-minds-to-be-careful-clicking-unexpected-e-ticket-infringement-notices)

 Written by [Daniel McShanag](https://www.mailguard.com.au/blog/author/daniel-mcshanag) | 17 October 2017 04:49:37 Z

A new e-ticket infringement email scam has been landing in inboxes throughout today. Starting late in the morning AEST, the run continued for several hours with a display name ‘Anna POL #6635’ and display address of ‘strathmorecc(at)live(dot)com(dot)au’

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The scam uses compromised MailChimp accounts to distribute a malicious ZIP file. This is a tactic that is becoming more prevalent. Because the accounts are legitimate, it is difficult for anti-virus and email scanners to identify and block the initial email run.

**Tell-tale signs of email scams**

- Generic greetings, such as ‘Dear customer’
- A sense of urgency: “Ensure your invoice is paid by the due date to avoid unnecessary fees”
- Bad grammar or misuse of punctuation and poor-quality or distorted graphics (this attempt isn’t let down by bad grammar, making it more likely some people will take the bait).
- An instruction to click a link to perform an action (hover over them to see where you’re really being directed)
- Obscure sending addresses (for example, goviau.co – go via’s real domain is [http://govianetwork.com.au/](http://govianetwork.com.au/))

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