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Suspicious display name: Gmail sender with engaging language

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Detects Gmail senders using display names with suspicious language patterns commonly associated with social engineering tactics, including urgency indicators, contact requests, and verification prompts.

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Sublime Security

Created Jan 9th, 2026 • Last updated Mar 6th, 2026

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type.inbound
and 2 of (
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, "kindly"),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'phone'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'cell'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'expedite'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'urgent'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'contact'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'review'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'confirm'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'asap'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'follow up'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'nicely'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'btc'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'reply'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'respond'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'verify'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'convenience'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'response'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'number'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'mobile'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'text'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'request'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'required'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'important'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'need'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'quick'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'sensitive'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'reach'),
  strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'action'),
  (
    strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'monday')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'tuesday')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'wednesday')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'thursday')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'friday')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'saturday')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'sunday')
  ),
  (
    strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'january')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'february')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'march')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'april')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'may')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'june')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'july')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'august')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'september')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'october')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'november')
    or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, 'december')
  )
)
and sender.email.domain.domain == 'gmail.com'
and length(attachments) == 0
and length(body.current_thread.links) == 0

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