According to this widely distributed spam email, Australia Post customers have a surprise waiting for them if they click a link.
June 2020
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According to this email, the “server administrator’ has sent you a confidential image. Supposedly, you can click a button in the email to view the image.
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Advance Fee ScamsCOVID-19Scams
‘$500 million Pandemic Giveaway’ Advance Fee Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen June 17, 2020This email purports to be a final notice regarding a large sum of money that you have supposedly won in the “Exxon Mobil Grand Prize Sweepstakes”.
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‘Free Round Trip Tickets from Southwest Airlines’ Facebook Giveaway Scam
by Brett M. Christensen June 17, 2020According to posts that are currently appearing on Facebook, Southwest Airlines is giving 500 people free round trip flights to their desired destination.
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Phone Scams
Beware of Scam Calls About Amazon Prime Subscriptions
by Brett M. Christensen June 17, 2020Criminals continue to victimize people via scam calls that are supposedly related to Amazon Prime subscriptions. Here’s how these scams typically work:…
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Watch For Fake Avan Motorhome Giveaway Posts on Facebook
by Brett M. Christensen June 16, 2020Various posts currently appearing on Facebook are claiming that you can win an Avan Ovation Motorhome just by sharing and commenting.
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COVID-19Facebook ScamsScams
SCAM – Fake Qantas Facebook Page Promising Free Flights
by Brett M. Christensen June 15, 2020According to this Facebook post, Australian airline Qantas is giving away free flights in exchange for commenting and sharing.
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Advance Fee ScamsScams
‘For the Mutual Benefit of the Orphans’ Advance Fee Scam
by Brett M. Christensen June 12, 2020According to this email, a wealthy widow diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour needs your help to distribute a multi-million dollar investment fund “for the mutual benefit of the orphans and the less privileged ones in your location”.
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Phishing ScamsScams
‘You Received a Voicemail’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen June 10, 2020Keep an eye out for fake Microsoft emails that claim that you’ve received a voicemail and should click a link to listen to it.
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‘Email Termination Has Been Processed’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen June 4, 2020According to this message, which purports to be from “Mail Control”, I sent a request to terminate my email account.
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