[kictanet] [its a Social Engineering Attack] Fwd: Your confirmation is required to leave the kictanet mailing list

[Patrick A. M. Maina]

 John Gitau, 
Fyi: By forwarding the message, you have given the crook a URL that was meant for you alone.  Social Engineering 101.
Try triggering a new message from the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the broadcast emails you receive (hopefully it will generate a new token) before the crook clicks the URL (if they haven't done so already). This is just to show the prankster who's boss when they click. In case its too late, just subscribe back in.
Next time simply ignore and delete the message. Though now the hacker probably knows that you are vulnerable to Social Engineering e.g. Spear Phishing.. so educate yourself ASAP.
Admin can also check the IP (but probably spoofed or behind a proxy) so blocking probably won't be practical.
Have a good evening.Patrick. 

    On Thursday, November 8, 2018, 11:14:01 PM GMT+3, John Gitau via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:  
 
 Ehh is someone randomly unsubscribing people or its just me someone wants out?
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