Webfluential hit by phishing scam, users targeted with fake mail

Online influencer platform Webfluential has been hit by a phishing attack, which saw scam emails sent out to multiple influencers.

The scam email, which is the result of one of its accounts being compromised, comes with the subject line: “Global Influencer Contract Follow Up”. Once opened, the email asserts that the sender has sent you info to preview and sign, along with a call-to-action linking recipients to a Google Sheet.

Shortly after the email was sent out, Webfluential sent out a mail urging users not to open it.

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“You may have received a mail from Webfluential earlier today requesting you fill in your details to access a contract,” the mail says. “The e-mail looks like the image above.

“Please DO NOT under any circumstances fill your details. If you have opened the e-mail, please take the precautionary step of changing your Google account password as soon as possible”.

Founded in 2013, Webfluential describes itself as a “platform that connects brands with consumers via credible social media influencers in order to realise the full potential of social communication”.

Since launch, it has seen serious growth and claims to reaches 70-million people via targeted campaigns across the platform’s 2 000+ registered influencers and their combined Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube accounts, and blogs.