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BEC/Fraud: Penpal scam

This rule detects messages from individuals looking to establish contact under the guise of seeking friendship or a penpal relationship. Over time, they build trust and then exploit this relationship by asking for money, personal information, or involvement in suspicious activities.

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Detection Logic

type.inbound

// the sender or the reply-to is a freemail provider
and (
  sender.email.domain.domain in $free_email_providers
  or (
    not sender.email.domain.root_domain in $free_email_providers
    and any(headers.reply_to,
            .email.domain.root_domain in $free_email_providers
    )
  )
)

// body contains pen ?pal
and regex.contains(body.current_thread.text, 'pen\s?pal')

// and NLU Request
and any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).entities,
        .name == "request"
)

// not a reply
and (length(headers.references) == 0 or headers.in_reply_to is null)

// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and (
  (
    sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
    and not headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
  )
  or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)

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