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‘Attempt to Deposit Your Tax Refund Failed’ Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from HMRC and the claim that a refund payment has failed is untrue. The email is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information via a fraudulent website.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 21, 2016
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‘Get a Free JCPenney $80 Gift Card’ Facebook Scam
The post is fraudulent. It has no connection to JCPenney and those who participate will not receive a gift card. The post is a scam designed to trick you into spamming your friends and divulging your personal information via dodgy ‘survey’ or ‘offer’…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 21, 2016
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No, Dr Pepper is Not Set To Halt Production in 2016
Dr Pepper fans can relax. The claims are untrue. The message is just a hoax. The company has denied that it has sold its recipe. It is not set to end production of Dr Pepper.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 20, 2016
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‘Your Apple iCloud ID Expires Today’ SMS Scam
The SMS is not from iCloud support as claimed. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your Apple ID login credentials as well as your credit card numbers and other sensitive personal information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 20, 2016
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‘You’ve Just Sent a Payment’ PayPal SMS Phishing Scam
The SMS is not a genuine PayPal payment notification. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your PayPal account login details, credit card numbers, and other personal information. According to this SMS, you have sent a payment to a specified email address.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 20, 2016
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Blank ‘Business Card’ Emails Contain JavaScript Malware in Attachment
The attached file does not contain a business card as implied by the subject line. Opening the.zip file reveals a malicious JavaScript (.js) file that, if opened, can download and install malware. Sometimes, even the simplest of tricks can be effective.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 19, 2016
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No, Eminem is NOT moving to Eagan, Minnesota
The claims in the report are untrue. Eminem has not announced any plans to move to Eagan. The story is just one among an ongoing series of false ‘celebrity moving’ reports generated by a network of clickbait fake-news websites.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 19, 2016
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‘First Choice UK’ Holiday Prize Facebook Page is A Scam
The post is fraudulent as is the associated Facebook Page. The post and Page are not connected with First Choice Holidays and no holidays are being given away.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 19, 2016
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‘We Don’t Recognize the Device You’re Using’ Apple ID Phishing Scam
The email is not from Apple. It is a phishing scam designed to steal Apple account login credentials and credit card details. According to this email, which claims to be from ‘Your Apple Team’, and includes the Apple logo and copyright notice, the company…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 18, 2016
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Bank of Montreal ‘Annual Account Maintenance Procedure’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from BMO and the claim that you must click a link to complete account maintenance is untrue. The email is a phishing scam designed to steal your BMO account login details and other personal and financial information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 18, 2016
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‘Deleted Entire Company With One Line of Code’ Claim Turned Out to be Just a Hoax
The man later admitted that the post was just a hoax. He told an Italian media outlet that the post was a ‘guerrilla marketing operation’ designed to promote his server management services startup.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 18, 2016
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‘Win a Butlins Holiday’ Facebook Scam
The Facebook Page is fraudulent and has no connection to Butlins. There are no prizes. The Page is a scam designed to quickly gather large numbers of likes so that the Page can be reused for further scams or sold on the black market to other scammers.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 18, 2016
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Fake ‘Case Foundation Awards’ Message is an Advance Fee Scam
The Case Foundation is a real organisation, but it did not send this message. The message is a scam designed to trick you into sending your money and personal information to cybercriminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 15, 2016
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Outdated and Inaccurate ‘Watering Down Anzac Day’ Protest Post Still Circulating
The claims are utter nonsense. Firstly, the main Anzac Centenary celebrations, and the ones that the message is apparently alluding to, occurred in 2015, so posting and sharing this message a year later in 2016 is beyond pointless.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 15, 2016
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‘Free Fortuner 2016 Giveaway’ Facebook Scam
No Toyota Fortuners are being given away. The post is a scam designed to rapidly gather large numbers of Page likes so that the Facebook Page can be reused for other scam attempts or be sold on the black market to other scammers.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 11, 2016
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Apple ‘Your Order Has Been Placed’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from Apple and the information it contains about a supposed order is not valid. The email is a phishing scam designed to trick you into sending your Apple ID and other personal and financial information to cybercriminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 11, 2016
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‘Her Son Has Cancer’ Facebook Sick Child Scam
The claims in the post are heinous lies. Facebook certainly will not donate money to help the pictured child in exchange for liking, sharing, and commenting. In fact, liking, sharing, or commenting will do nothing whatsoever to help the pictured child.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 11, 2016
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Kroger ‘Free $80 Gift Card’ Facebook Survey Scam
The post is fraudulent. It is not associated with Kroger and no gift cards are being given away. The post is a scam designed to trick you into spamming your friends and supplying your personal information via dodgy survey websites.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 11, 2016
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‘Your Latest Documents from Angel Springs’ Macro Malware Email
The email is not from UK based water cooler provider Angel Springs and the attached file does not contain billing documents. The attached Word document contains a malicious macro that can download and install malware.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 8, 2016
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‘Claim Your Delta Gift Bags’ Facebook Scam
The Facebook Page is fraudulent and is not associated with Delta Air Lines. It is not giving away Delta Gift Bags as claimed. The Facebook Page is a scam designed to rapidly gather large numbers of Page likes.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 8, 2016
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