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RAM Manufacturing LLC Is a Rapidly Growing Manufacturer of Parts

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RAM Manufacturing LLC is a rapidly growing manufacturer of parts for the automotive industry. Maeve, an accountant at RAM Manufacturing recently received an email from Justin, the VP of Human Resources, asking her to click on a link and re-enter her login credentials and social security number. Suspicious of the email, Maeve forwarded the email to the Cybersecurity department. After talking with the cybersecurity department, Maeve decided to review her inbox to check for any other suspicious emails. Below is a list of what Maeve found:
a. An email reminder from the Human Resources department to enter her time for the month.
b. An email addressed to "Dear Accountant at RAM Manufacturing".
c. An email from a plant manager to escalate payment of an invoice, as the vendor won't ship needed steel until this invoice is paid.
d. A request from the CFO to transfer a large sum of money to an account that Maeve hadn't worked with before.
e. A request from a product manager to run a report on the costs involved in launching a new product the prior year.
Required: Do you think any of the emails are suspicious and why? Justify your answer by identifying the nature of the red flag or why it can be dismissed as suspicious.

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b and d are suspicious. Email b is suspi...

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