Susan Owens Susan.Owens@kapiticoast.govt.nz via
nz.smxemail.com 10:08 AM (11 minutes ago)
to Susan
SPAM email targets Council
Hundreds of people may
have received an erroneous email from the Kāpiti Coast
District Council overnight as a result of a SPAM mail that
entered the Council’s system.
The email that was
sent from a council email address asked recipients to
“contact John for detailed information on funds transfer
to you based on your surname. John's Email:
johnchan.private001@gmail.com.”
Mayor K Gurunathan says
the SPAM mail that triggered this activity got through the
Council’s SPAM filter and it is unfortunate that this
incident has occurred.
“While our IT protection
picks up most of the SPAM mail we receive there will always
be the odd thing that slips through and we do encourage
anyone that receives an obscure looking email from us to
delete it and to contact us straight away.
“I can
assure recipients that the Council has not won the lotto and
transferred funds to individuals overnight,” said the
Mayor.
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