Phishing Campaign Targeting Mobile Users in India Using India Post Lures: An Analyst Perspective
Impacted Users: iPhone users in India
Impact: Possible financial loss; stolen information can be used for future attacks
Severity Level: Medium
The FortiGuard Labs Threat Research team recently observed a number of social media posts commenting on a fraud campaign targeting India Post users. India Post is India’s government-operated postal system. It is part of the Ministry of Communications and has a vast network of over 150,000 post offices across the country, making it one of the largest postal systems in the world.
In this campaign, iPhone users are being targeted by smishing attacks claiming to be from India Post. This scam involves sending an iMessage to iPhone users that falsely claims that a package is waiting at an India Post warehouse.