I got an email address last night from someone claiming to be working for a Japanese company, wanting to hire me to help with passing funds along in the US. This could possibly be a normal 419 scam, however they want me to sign a document before continuing. Part of me thinks it’s a 419 scam that is overly complicated, but another part of me thinks this might be someone recruiting for money laundering. I want to dig deeper, but I am worried their might be something malicious with the docx file they have sent me. Is it possible that it’s malware? I have a VM ready for these kinds of things, but I want some opinions on what I can further do to ensure my safety when downloading this file from a scammer.
There are sites online that scan files.
Though I’m not sure how you would be able to scan it without downloading it.
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Docx files can have macros in it that can give you malware. You could probably run on a web docx viewer or https://app.any.run/
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Can these macros run automatically, or does the docx need to be opened?
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Opened and you need to allow the macros.
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