Party Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed Connections
Jason ParhamCultureSep 25, 2026 7:00 AMParty Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed ConnectionsEmail scams that look like an Evite or Paperless Post invitation are meant to snatch your data. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night?The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, or why random acquaintances he’d met in passing 15 years ago were emailing him. He recently spent an hour on Zoom with a former coworker who now lives in Mexico City.
- ▪Jason ParhamCultureSep 25, 2026 7:00 AMParty Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed ConnectionsEmail scams that look like an Evite or Paperless Post invitation are meant to snatch your data.
- ▪They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night?The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, or why random acquaintances he’d met in passing 15 years ago were emailing
- ▪He recently spent an hour on Zoom with a former coworker who now lives in Mexico City.
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Jason ParhamCultureSep 25, 2026 7:00 AMParty Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed ConnectionsEmail scams that look like an Evite or Paperless Post invitation are meant to snatch your data. For some, they've become an excuse to reconnect with old friends or flames.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThis past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod, Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night?The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, or why random acquaintances he’d met in passing 15 years ago were emailing him.
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