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ATO ‘Tax Refund Notification’ Phishing Scam Email
According to this email, which purports to be from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), you are ‘qualified for a refund’ and should therefore click a link to submit a tax refund request.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Feb 29, 2016
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Western Union ‘Too Many Login Attempts’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from Western Union. In fact, the message is a phishing scam designed to steal account login details and credit card information from Western Union customers.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 6, 2011
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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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‘Apple Store Gift Card’ Phishing Scam Email
Image: © depositphotos.com/guteksk7 Criminals continue to target Apple customers via bogus App Store and iTunes order notification emails. One recent version of the scam claims that you have purchased an Apple Store Gift Card valued at $100.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 18, 2018
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‘Suspicious Activity’ PayPal Phishing Scam Email
PayPal customers are currently being targeted in yet another phishing attack. Criminals are distributing fraudulent emails claiming that PayPal has noticed suspicious activity on your account.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 15, 2017
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Phishing Scam – Fake Facebook ‘Copyright Violations’ Message
The message is not from Facebook. It is a phishing scam designed to trick you into giving your Facebook login details to criminals. If you receive this message, do not click any links that it contains.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Feb 18, 2015
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ASB Bank ‘Multiple Sign In Error’ Phishing Scam Emails
Customers of New Zealand’s ASB Bank are advised to watch for scam emails claiming that they must click a link to verify their accounts.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jan 4, 2018
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Scotiabank ‘Blacklisted Location’ Phishing Scam
Customers of Canadian based bank Scotiabank are being targetted via a phishing scam email that claims that their accounts have been deactivated.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 4, 2018
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myGov Tax Refund Phishing Scam
According to this email, which purports to be from Australian government services website myGov, you are eligible to receive a tax refund. The email instructs you to click a button to access a tax refund eForm.
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 26, 2018
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‘Unblock Goverment’ Facebook Phishing Scam
The message is not from Facebook and has no connection to any government (or goverment). It is a phishing scam designed to trick users into divulging their Facebook account login details and other personal information to cybercriminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 30, 2013
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‘Big Big British National Lotto’ Advance Fee Scam
This message, which is distributed via email, claims that you have won £1,992,347 in the “Big Big British National Lotto”. Supposedly, your email address was chosen as a winner via a free ticket draw in a promotion designed to “encourage the use of Microsoft…
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 8, 2018
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PayPal ‘ Multiple Unsuccessful Login Attempts’ Phishing Scam Email
According to this email, which claims to be from PayPal, access to your account has been limited due to multiple unsuccessful login attempts from a foreign IP address.
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 18, 2017
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Facebook Account Update Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from Facebook. In fact, the message is a phishing scam designed to steal Facebook login details. This email, which purports to be from social networking website, Facebook, claims that Facebook is about to implement a new login system.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 12, 2010
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‘Enable 2nd Step Security’ Email Phishing Scam
According to this email, which may look like it was sent by your email service provider, you need to enable “2nd step security” on your email account. Supposedly, the email is a security exercise to identify and delete dormant accounts on the server.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 31, 2018
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American Express ‘Card Not Present’ Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from American Express. It is a phishing scam designed to panic people into giving their credit card details and other personal information to cybercriminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 6, 2013
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Bank of America “Access Suspended”; Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from the Bank of America. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your account login details, your credit card numbers, and other identifying personal information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 6, 2016
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‘Upgrade and Verify your Mailbox’ Phishing Scam Email
Apparently, one of my Hoax-Slayer email addresses needs to be verified. Alas, it seems that, so far, I have “not been able to meet up with the verification task”. Supposedly, this “mailbox fault” means that I may not be able to receive emails.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 7, 2018
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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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‘Confidential Document’ Google Docs Phishing Scam
The message is a scam designed to steal Google Account Login details. The link leads to a fake Google Account login page. Login details submitted on the fake page will be collected by criminals and used to hijack real Google accounts.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 18, 2013
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PayPal ‘You Sent an Automatic Payment’ Phishing Scam
This email, which purports to be from PayPal, claims that you have sent an automatic payment to an online entertainment company. Details in the email indicate that you have signed up for a premium membership subscription that will be automatically charged to…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jan 23, 2018
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