Recently I received multiple emails from a PR company claiming they can generate media opportunities for me, whatever that means. I clicked on the emails because the heading mentioned a past interview I gave to another website and I thought it might be a real request since I also receive a lot of messages from legitimate PR companies. These emails mentioned my interest of publishing diverse voices and named my publishing company. Then I noticed that although the emails came from different people and were signed by different people, the messages were exactly the same and all of them requested I cc their co-worker “Shane.”
By mentioning something from someone’s past and posing it as a genuine request in the subject line, this gives a higher percentage of people opening the email instead of deleting it right away. It’s also quite easy to figure out my interests from my websites and social media postings. I worry about what phishers will think of next.
Hopefully my mind will still be sharp before the next wave of phishers come after me again! If you have faced similar phishers or even more clever ideas, please share!
Musings of a Generic Asian 
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