I’ve been contacted by the real Kroll (www.kroll.com) a few times over the last few years regarding various real class action lawsuits they are involved in, including as recently as a few months ago. So when I received the email below, although it seemed phishy from the start, it was relevant enough that I opened it.

It was one of those “Hey, this looks like a phish…but I remember receiving a real email from this company!” situations. I think a large percentage of scam victims have a similar experience. That is what scammers are hoping for: that you will find some justification to overcome your initial skepticism.

So, I opened the email and started to look around. It pretty quickly provided a bunch of clues that it was…