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Fake Server Message Tries to Steal Email Account Login
According to this supposed server message, you are required to add a recovery number to keep your email account safe. The “Security Alert” email warns that your account will be deactivated if you do not click a button and add your recovery number.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 27, 2018
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‘Can You Handle a Financial Transaction’ Advance Fee Scam
This email asks if you can handle a multi-million dollar financial transaction with one Mr George Lewis. Apparently, George is inviting you to assist him in investing $45.2 million in various areas of interest including real estate, fisheries, and hotels.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 27, 2018
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FAKE-NEWS – ‘FDA Find Coors Light Beers Laced With Cocaine’
This story was first published on September 10, 2014
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 27, 2018
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False Claim – Anzac Day Badges Banned at Mt. Warren Park Shopping Centre
This story was first published on April 9, 2013
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 22, 2018
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Apple ‘Last Alert From Us’ Phishing Scam Email
This email, which purports to be a last alert from Apple, claims that your account has been temporarily suspended because the company cannot confirm your information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 16, 2018
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Email Phishing Via Bogus Attached HTML Forms
This story was first published on September 16, 2013 Most modern browsers have built-in mechanisms that try to protect users from phishing scams.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 13, 2018
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Has Modern Technology Made it Easier to Perpetrate Hoaxes?
This story was first published on July 20th, 2010 Journalists have often asked me if I think modern technology such as email, social media, and the Internet has made it easier to perpetrate hoaxes than it was in earlier times.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 13, 2018
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Circulating WhatsApp Scam Message Promises Free Beer From Heineken
Image © DarioSz/Depositphotos.com A message that is circulating primarily via WhatsApp claims that European brewer Heineken is giving away 4 barrels of beer to celebrate its 140th anniversary. The message urges you to follow a link to get your free beer.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 13, 2018
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Netflix ‘Your Account is Suspended’ Phishing Scam
Image: © Depositphotos/Mactrunk According to this email, which purports to be from Netflix, your Netflix account has been suspended because the company is having trouble with your billing information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 12, 2018
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’20 Golden Envelopes’ Fake P&O Cruise Giveaway On Facebook
According to a post that is currently being shared on Facebook, you can win a P&O cruise for three people just by sharing the post and clicking a sign-up button.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 12, 2018
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‘Canned Beef From Dead Bodies’ Hoax Message
According to this nasty and racist “warning” message, which circulates via social media websites and online forums, the Chinese have started to produce canned beef with their dead bodies and are sending the resulting products to Africa for sale.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 12, 2018
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‘Your Current Balance’ SMS Spam Opens Bitcoin Binary Options Scam Website
People have been receiving text messages that claim they have a large sum of money waiting in a new account that has been activated for them.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 12, 2018
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Amber Alert Hoax – Fake ’72B 381′ Abduction Alert Continues To Circulate
This story was first published on March 31st, 2011
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 12, 2018
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Killer House Plant Warning
This story was first published on May 11th, 2010
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 10, 2018
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Baby With Eye Cancer Facebook Scam
According to a post that circulates via Facebook, you can help a baby with eye cancer just by liking, sharing, and commenting on his picture. The post features a series of images depicting a child with a severe eye condition.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 10, 2018
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Killer House Plant Warning
This story was first published on May 11th, 2010
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 10, 2018
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Amazon Is Working on a Fix to Stop Alexa Randomly Laughing at Customers
Amazon’s in-home digital assistant Alexa has reportedly been unexpectedly laughing out loud at people as they go about their daily business.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 9, 2018
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Advance Fee Scammers Often Target Previous Scam Victims
This story was first published on June 15, 2011 Advance fee scammers use a seemingly never-ending variety of back stories as vehicles for finding new victims. And they often tend to target people that have been previously caught out in such scams.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 9, 2018
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Keanu Reeves Gave Millions to Matrix Special Effects Team
Image © Depositphotos.com/Jean_Nelson – This story was first published on September 26, 2013 According to messages that have circulated via social media for several years, actor Keanu Reeves gave millions of dollars earned from the iconic Matrix films to the…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 8, 2018
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Email Account ‘Server Upgrade Warning’ Phishing Scam
According to this supposed server upgrade warning, you have messages pending because you have used 98% of your email account storage. The message looks like this: From: Mail Admin Subject: [Email address removed] server upgrade Warning!!
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 8, 2018
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