Our placeholders feature lets you create highly customizable and dynamic phishing templates. The placeholders are useful for creating a phishing template that is sure to get your users to click a link or open an attachment.
In this article, we have compiled a few fun examples of how our placeholders can be used in your phishing templates. If you would like a full list of our placeholders and how they can be used, visit our article here.
The following examples illustrate how company-specific information can be used to customize phishing templates if the fields are completed in the Account Owner's Account Settings:
- [[street_address_1]]: "A new restaurant is opening near you! 2002 Cyberchasers Lane Click here to check out their menu."
- [[city]] [[state]]: "Breaking news: Mayor of Galaga, Arizona has been fired due to being in the center of a local college admission scandal."
- [[zip_code]]: "New zoning regulations are being put in place and your zip code, 102590, is affected. Click here to see the new regulations.
The following examples illustrate how user-specific information can be used to customize phishing templates. The information must be completed in the user profile prior to use.
- [[first_name]]: "Congratulations Silas! You have won an all-inclusive resort stay for two on the beautiful island of Jamaica. Click here to redeem your prize before time runs out."
- [[last_name]]: "As part of our newest promotion, Spirit Airlines is giving discounted plane tickets to people with the last name, Schrute."
- [[job_title]]: "We are excited to inform you that the following position, Chief Chatter, will be relocating to our newest location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!"
- [[phone_number]]: "Your phone number, 281-330-8004, was found on the following website along with other private information. To remove your information from this website, click here."
- [[location]]: "User 352954 is asking you to verify your location. Is the following location correct? 123 Sesame Street."
- [[division]]: "Due to recent budget cuts, the following departments will be liquidated within the next month: Food Science. If you have any questions, please reach out to your manager or HR."
- [[manager_name]]: "Your manager, Michael Uzumaki, told me to reach out to you about the due date of this project. I need it to be moved up a couple of days before the original due date."
- [[manager_email]]: "The following email has sent you a document on Google Drive: ErikN2beinBP2@gmail.com"
The following examples illustrate how our miscellaneous placeholders can be used to create time-sensitive templates or add a shock value to the template.
- [[random_number_1]]: "You have 5 new email(s) that need your immediate attention."
- [[random_number_2]]: "Buy up to 65 in raffle tickets for the chance to win a 65" flatscreen TV! See your manager for more information."
- [[random_number_3]]: "You currently have an outstanding balance of $509 on your account. Please pay the balance by the end of the day to stop your account from being deactivated."
- [[current_date_0]]: "Please make sure that all of your work is done no later than 9/24/2019 at 11:59 pm."
- [[current_date_10]]: "Our email system will experience an update on 10/4/2019. It will be down for approximately 30 minutes."
- [[callback_phishing_phone_number]]: "On the off chance you might want to change/drop the subscription, contact the Customer Service Center at: 727-345-6789"
- [[callback_phishing_code]]: "Please have your personal support code ready to reference your account. 123456”