7/23/18 - Dell response "Fraud Targeting Dell Customers"

Hello!

Dell’s Security team was recently alerted of a phishing scam targeting our State and Local Government customers. We want to make you aware of this threat so you can better protect your company and yourself.

This scam uses free email services (Gmail.com, Yahoo.com, GMX.com, etc.) to impersonate Dell team members and asks customers to route their monthly Dell invoice payments to new bank accounts. If you comply with the request, all payments intended for Dell are actually routed to the criminal’s bank account. While the body of the message might be signed with the information of a legitimate Dell team member, the email is not sent from a Dell.com address.

Dell will never contact you outside of a corporate Dell.com email address. We’re not aware of any breach of our systems, and we’re actively investigating this scam. If you receive one of these emails, have questions, or if you have already been victimized, please contact our Security team immediately at Security@Dell.com.

While we can’t completely stop these types of attacks, we can certainly work together to make sure we don’t fall victim to them.