Invitation scam that links to pretrejfix.com
I got an email from my Aunt that was titled "don't miss out on *AUNT'S NAME* fabulous event!" and had a e-vite with a link. I didn't think too much about it as I knew they has a family event coming up, though I was slightly curious because we live 7000 miles from her and why would she think to send the invite. I clicked on it and it directed to the website in the title, but I got
"Sorry, you have been blocked You are unable to access *website name*"
from Cloudflare with the explanation
"This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data."
I checked my Chat next and my Mother had written that it was a scam and not to open. I ran a total virus scan with Avast Free Antivirus and came up with some junk, but nothing much. I deleted the email and then deleted it from the trash.
My points in this post are threefold:
I wanted to put this out there- has anyone else come across this type of phishing?
Does the fact that I got blocked by Cloudflare mean I wasn't infected, and if I was should I take any other steps?
I checked the email and it actually was my Aunt's email. How did they pull that off?