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“HSBC Safeguard Update”; Phishing Scam
The email is not from HSBC and the claim that your account will be disabled until you update HSBC Safeguard is untrue. Instead, the email is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 24, 2016
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MoneyGram International 73rd Anniversary Reward Advance Fee Scam
The message is not from MoneyGram and recipients have not been selected for a $60,000 reward. In fact, the message is a ruse designed to trick recipients into sending money and personal information to online criminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 24, 2016
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“Important Message From Apple”; Phishing Scam
The email is not from Apple. Instead, it is a typical phishing scam designed to steal your Apple ID, your credit card numbers, and other personally identifying information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 23, 2016
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Fake ISP “Spam Mailout”; Notifications Contain Locky Ransomware
The email is not a genuine notification from your ISP and the attached.zip file does not contain a log of spam messages as claimed. Instead, the attachment contains a malicious JavaScript file that, if opened, can download and install Locky ransomware on your…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 23, 2016
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American Express ‘Personal Security Key’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from American Express. Links in the email open a fraudulent website designed to emulate a genuine American Express web page. The fake website asks you to provide account login details, credit card numbers, and other personal information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 23, 2016
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Wumi Abdul Advance Fee Scam
The message is an advance fee scam. The promised fund does not exist. This scam is designed to trick you into sending your money and personal information to online criminals. Such scams are very common and take many forms.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 22, 2016
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£7 Million “Next of Kin”; Advance Fee Scam
The message is an advance fee scam. The promised fund does not exist. This scam is designed to trick you into sending your money and personal information to online criminals. Such scams are very common and take many forms.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 22, 2016
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Coca-Cola Fortune Award International Promotional Program Advance Fee Scam
The message is an advance fee scam. The award described in the message is not real and you have not won any money. This scam is designed to trick you into sending your money and personal information to cybercriminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 22, 2016
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Save-A-Lot Free $275 Grocery Coupon Giveaway Scam
The post is fraudulent and it is not associated with Save-A-Lot in any way. Those who click the link to participate will never receive the promised coupon.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 22, 2016
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WhatsApp Video Calling Scam Message
The invite message is a scam. It is not an official WhatsApp notification and clicking the link does not download video calling. The link opens a scam website that tries to trick you into first sending the same scam message to your friends and then divulging…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 22, 2016
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Merry Christmas Virus Hoax
The information in the warning is untrue. There is no virus like the one described in the message. This “virus warning” is just a Christmas flavoured incarnation of the long-running “Olympic Torch Invitation” virus hoax and it should not be taken seriously.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 22, 2016
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“Jeep Grand Cherokee Giveaway”; Facebook Scam
The Post and Facebook Page are fraudulent. No Jeep Grand Cherokee’s are being given away. No amount of liking, sharing or commenting will give you even the slightest chance of winning a Jeep or any other prize.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 20, 2016
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US Powerball “Free $1 Million Jackpot”; Facebook Survey Scam
The Facebook Page is fraudulent. It is not associated with Powerball in any way whatsoever and those who participate have no chance of winning anything at all.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 20, 2016
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“Get a Free $80 ShopRite Coupon”; Facebook Scam
The post is a scam and it has no connection to ShopRite. Those who participate will never receive the promised coupon The post is just one in an ongoing series of very similar Facebook scams that falsely claim to be giving away shopping coupons or vouchers…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 19, 2016
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Stranded Traveller Scams
The email is a scam designed to trick you into sending money to online criminals. Your friend’s email account has been hijacked via a phishing scam and the criminals are using the hijacked account to send out the “stranded” scam emails in your friend’s name.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 19, 2016
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“New Secure Document”; Macro Malware Email
The Microsoft Word attachment does not contain any sort of confidential document and the email is fraudulent. When you attempt to open the attachment, you will be prompted to enable macros, ostensibly so that the document’s contents can be decrypted.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 19, 2016
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Email Exceeded Storage Limit Phishing Scam
The email is not a legitimate support notification. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your email account password. There have been many variations of this scam message. Such scams have been targeting email users for many years.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 18, 2016
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1954 Home Computer Hoax
The claims in the caption are false. The picture does not depict a 1954 prediction of how a home computer might look in 2004. In fact, the picture was an entry in a Fark.com Photoshop contest that used a Smithsonian exhibit photograph depicting a full-scale…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 17, 2016
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1954 Home Computer Hoax
The claims in the caption are false. The picture does not depict a 1954 prediction of how a home computer might look in 2004. In fact, the picture was an entry in a Fark.com Photoshop contest that used a Smithsonian exhibit photograph depicting a full-scale…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 17, 2016
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No, Facebook Is NOT Trying to Get Users to Remove a Nativity Scene Picture
The claims in the message are untrue. Since it first began circulating several years ago, the very same message with the very same picture has resurfaced every year as Christmas approaches.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 16, 2016
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