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NatWest ‘Important Review Notification’ Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from NatWest and your account has not been blocked as claimed. The email is a phishing scam that attempts to trick you into sending your account login details and other personal and financial information to cybercriminals via forms on a fake…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 31, 2016
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Beware Emails With Subject Lines Containing Numbers, Letters and Image File Extensions
The attachments contain malicious JavaScript files that, if opened, can download and install Locky ransomware. Once installed, Locky encrypts the files on your computer and then demands that you pay a fee to receive a decryption key.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 31, 2016
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‘Woolworths Coupons’ Facebook Page is a Like-Farming Scam
The Facebook Page is fraudulent. It is not associated with Woolworths and it is not giving away coupons as claimed. The Page is a scam designed to accumulate large numbers of likes in a short period of time.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 30, 2016
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‘Contract Killer’ Scam Email Resurfaces
The email is not from any assassin and nobody has been paid to kill you. The email is a scam designed to panic you into sending your money to cybercriminals.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 30, 2016
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‘Facebook Award 2016’ Advance Fee Scam
The email is not from Facebook and you have not won $900,000. There is no such thing as the ‘Facebook Award Pragram’ (or even ‘Program’).
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 30, 2016
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Lady Gaga is NOT Moving to Utica, New York
The claims in the report are nonsense. Lady Gaga has made no such announcement. She is not moving to Utica. Nor is she moving to St. Petersburg, Florida as claimed in an alternative version of the same fake report.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 29, 2016
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Fake Adele Facebook Page is a Like-Farming Scam
The Page is fraudulent and is not associated with Adele in any way. The Page, which spells the star’s name ‘Adelle’ rather than ‘Adele’, is a scam designed to gather large numbers of likes as quickly as possible.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 29, 2016
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Justin Bieber is NOT Moving to Roanoke, Texas
The claims in the report are untrue. Justin Bieber has made no such announcement. The false story comes from a network of fake-news websites that churns out a stream of fictional reports about celebrities and the entertainment industry.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 24, 2016
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ANZ ‘Account Has Been Limited’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from ANZ. The attachment contains an HTML file that will open a fraudulent ANZ login page in your browser. Criminals can collect the information you submit on the fake page and use it to hijack your ANZ account.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 23, 2016
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‘Attached Tracker For Your Records’ Macro Malware Emails
The emails were not sent by the companies they name and the attachment does not contain a ‘tracker’. Instead, the attached Microsoft Word document contains a malicious macro that, if enabled, can download and install malware that can steal personal…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 23, 2016
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Clint Eastwood is NOT Moving To Amarillo, Texas
The claims in the report are untrue. Clint Eastwood has not announced that he is moving to Amarillo or any of the other locations mentioned in alternative versions.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 23, 2016
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Fake ‘Order Status’ Emails Contain Locky Malware
The emails are not legitimate order notifications. The attached.zip file contains a malicious JavaScript (.js) file. If opened, this.js file can download and install Locky ransomware.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 22, 2016
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No, ‘Step Brothers 2’ Is NOT Set to Begin Filming In 2016
The claims in the reports are untrue. No plans to make a Step Brothers sequel this year have been announced. The reports come via a network of bogus websites that, between them, churn out an ongoing stream of clickbait nonsense disguised as entertainment or…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 22, 2016
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No, a Family Did NOT Drown After Leaving Their Car Sunroof Open in an Automated Carwash
Thankfully, the story is untrue. No such deaths have been reported by any reliable source. The bogus report comes from the notorious fake-news website Empire News. Nothing published on the site should be taken seriously.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 22, 2016
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No, Jim Morrison Has NOT Been Found Alive in a Paris Retirement Home
The claims in the report are nonsense. Jim Morrison died in 1971. The fictional story comes from a satirical fake-news website called The Nevada County Scooper. Nothing published on the site should be taken seriously.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 21, 2016
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2016 Version of ‘Free Range Rover’ Facebook Scam Spreading Rapidly
The Facebook Page is fraudulent and it is certainly not giving away any Range Rovers. It is a scam designed to trick you into spamming your friends with the fake prize post and subscribing to a dodgy SMS ‘competition service’ that will charge you several…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 21, 2016
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Another Lame Attempt to Steal Your Email Account Password
Of course, the email is not from Yahoo and Yahoo is not removing accounts due to congestion as claimed. In fact, the email is a laughably crude and amateurish phishing attempt designed to steal your Yahoo account login details.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 20, 2016
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PayPal ‘We’re Still Waiting For You to Resolve The Recent Case’ Scam Email
The email is not from PayPal. It is just one more in an almost continuous barrage of phishing scams that are designed to steal your PayPal account login credentials, your credit card numbers, and other sensitive personal information via fake ‘update’ forms on…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 20, 2016
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IMAGINiT ‘Urgent Invoice’ Malware Email
The email is not from IMAGINiT and the attachment does not contain an invoice. The attached document contains a malicious macro that, if run, can download and install malware on your computer.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 18, 2016
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No, Eleven States are NOT Implementing a Motorcycle Curfew
The claims in the report are untrue. No such curfew is set to be implemented. The false report comes from the fake-news website ‘Associated Media Coverage’. Nothing published on the site should be taken seriously.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 17, 2016
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