I am a content creator with a large following. I regularly receive emails about paid promotion posts etc. Many of these are legit and I go through with them and get paid with no issues, usually around £1000-£2000.
However I received an email last week which enquired about collaborating, and offered £3000. The email was put together well. Looked legit. Everything checked out as normal, so I replied saying that "I'm interested" and asked for more details on the content of the collaboration, and also payment terms.
A week later, I received an email back. It answered my question about payment terms and said that they have attached a PDF file with:
"A complete integration brief, including sample scripts, visual references, core messages, and mandatory elements - all carefully structured to match your tone and content style"
Sounds legit so far, but then it said "Your code: 123456", it wasn't actually 123456 but it was a 6 digit code.
I clicked on the PDF file in the email, and I was met with this, [attached picture], the scribbled out bit is my tiktok/instagram username.
It's surely a scam right? I definitely don't trust it lol.
I hovered over the download button and saw that it directs to this storywave site.
I looked up some details behind the URL and saw that it only became active 3 months ago.
I assume it's probably malware that, if I downloaded it, would rip all of my account passwords etc.
What does everybody think? The silly curious part of me wants to download it on a virtual machine.