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‘Your Mailbox Quota is Full’ Email Phishing Scam
According to this email, which bills itself as a “final warning” deactivation notice, your mailbox quota is full. The email claims that to avoid an account shutdown, you will need to click a link and upgrade to a higher capacity mailbox.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 11, 2017
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BigPond “Internal Authentication Error”; Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from BigPond and the “Internal Authentication Error” claim is untrue. And, your account is not set to be closed. In fact, the email is a phishing scam designed to steal your Telstra account login details.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 17, 2017
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Royal Bank of Canada ‘User Roles Have Been Updated’ Phishing Scam
According to this email, which purports to be from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), your account user roles have been updated. The email urges you to follow the instructions in an attached file.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 14, 2019
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PayPal ‘Payment Reversal’ Phishing Scam
According to the subject line of this email, which purports to be from PayPal, the company is investigating a payment reversal involving Apple.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 29, 2015
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Apple ‘Enhanced Security Policies’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from Apple. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your Apple ID, your credit card numbers, and other sensitive personal information.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 29, 2016
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Barclays ‘New Secure Document’ Phishing Scam
Customers of UK bank Barclays should watch for a scam email that claims that they have new secure documents in their Cloud It. The fraudulent email urges recipients to click a login link to view these “important” documents.
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 22, 2017
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Phishing Scam – ‘Redeem Gift Card’ Email Pretends to be From Telstra
This email, which purports to be from Australian telecommunications company Telstra, claims that you can click a button to redeem a gift card valued at $500. Supposedly, the gift is a thank-you for becoming a Telstra bundle customer.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Feb 20, 2019
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Google ‘Email Electronics Sweepstakes’ Advance Fee Scam
According to this ‘official notification’ message that claims to be from Google UK, you have won £950,000 in the ‘Email Electronics Sweepstakes’, a lottery organized by Google in conjunction with the ‘Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products’.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 1, 2015
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Microsoft Easter Promotion Lottery Scam
According to this message, your email address has emerged as a winner of the Microsoft Easter Promotion and you have therefore been awarded a cash prize of £950,000.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 16, 2015
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Gerry & Lisa Cannings “Charity Donations”; Advance Fee Scam
Gerry & Lisa Cannings really did win £32 million in a February 2016 UK Lotto jackpot. However, they are certainly not giving away large sums of money to total strangers via the Internet. And, they did not send this email.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Oct 29, 2016
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‘Who Posted Your Photo Here’ Facebook Phishing Scam
The message is a phishing scam designed to steal your Facebook login details. This message, which is delivered via Facebook’s internal messaging system and may come from the account of one of your Facebook friends, asks the question ‘who posted your photo…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 6, 2016
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PayPal ‘We Couldn’t Verify Your Recent Transactions’ Phishing Scam
Image ©: stevanovicigor /Depositphotos.com Online criminals continue to target PayPal customers via scam emails and text messages. One version of the scam, which is currently being distributed via email, falsely claims that PayPal couldn’t verify your recent…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Dec 27, 2017
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DHL ‘Delivery Notification’ Adobe ID Phishing Scam
According to this email, which purports to be a delivery notification from DHL, copies of your shipping documents have been forwarded to you and can be viewed by logging in with your Adobe ID.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 4, 2016
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‘Confirm UCount Reward Points’ Phishing Scam Email
UCount is a rewards programme offered by South Africa’s Standard Bank. However, this email is not from Standard Bank. Instead it is a phishing scam designed to steal your bank account login details via a fraudulent webpage made to look like a Standard Bank…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 16, 2016
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[DISINFORMASI] “Wacana Pendaftaran Akun Medsos Tidak Hanya Menggunakan e-KTP, untuk Mendukung Jokowi”
Wacana yang dilemparkan oleh Wakil Sekjen (Wasekjen) PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) Eriko Sotarduga agar pembuatan akun media sosial (medsos) harus berdasarkan e-KTP dipelintir substansinya oleh akun twitter yang bernama @PRIBUMI_BANGKIT.
TurnBackHoax (MAFINDO) · Indonesian · Feb 12, 2018
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HMRC ‘Reimbursements are Available’ Tax Refund Phishing Scam
According to this email, which purports to be from the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), you only have 48 hours to click a link and claim an outstanding tax refund. The message warns that reimbursements are only available for a certain period of time.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 6, 2018
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‘Your Mail Box Will Expire Soon’ Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from any legitimate security team. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your email account password so that the account can be hijacked and used to launch spam and scam campaigns According to this email, which purports to be from an entity…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 20, 2016
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‘Strengthen the Security of your Mailbox Account’ Phishing Scam Email
Yet another email account phishing scam is hitting inboxes. This version urges you to strengthen the security of your mailbox account by clicking a “verify” link. It claims that an extra verification is needed to help keep you safe.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 30, 2017
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‘Security of Your Account’ PayPal Phishing Scam
According to this email, PayPal has put your account on a limited list because the company needs more information from you. Supposedly, you are required to click a “confirm” button and follow the steps outlined to protect your account.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 27, 2019
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Netflix “Sorry To Say Goodbye”; Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from Netflix and the claim that your account has been cancelled is untrue. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your credit card details and other personal information. There are many variations of these Netflix scam messages.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 13, 2016
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