Phishing Scams
Links to reports about phishing scams that have targeted many different companies and financial institutions.
Looking for reports published before 2016? Click here to view an archive of phishing reports on the legacy Hoax-Slayer website.
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Netflix ‘Update Payment Method’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen October 3, 2019A favourite scammer tactic is to distribute fake “payment update” emails that look like they were sent by Netflix. Many versions of…
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‘Your Netflix Subscription Has Been Canceled’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen September 25, 2019Phishing scammers are once again targetting Netflix users via fake account payment problem emails claiming that your Netflix account has been canceled.
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Amazon ‘Some Violated Policies’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen September 24, 2019According to this email, which purports to be from Amazon, your account will be locked because of violated policies.
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Do You Use Telstra? Watch Out For This Fake Bill Email
by Brett M. Christensen September 20, 2019Customers of Australian telco Telstra are again being targeted via a fake bill notification email.
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Fake Sign-In Notification Emails Link to Phishing Websites
by Brett M. Christensen September 16, 2019A rather clever phishing email currently hitting inboxes attempts to emulate the genuine “new sign-in” security warnings sent out by email service providers.
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‘Your Email Account Has Been Infected With a Virus’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen September 12, 2019According to this email, which was supposedly sent by the “Email Security Team” at Yahoo.com, your account has been infected with a virus.
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Instagram ‘Copyright Violation’ Phishing Scams Continue
by Brett M. Christensen September 10, 2019If you use Instagram, be wary of fake notification messages claiming that your account has violated copyright and is set to be deleted.
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PayPal ’24 Hours to Resolve Issue’ Phishing Email
by Brett M. Christensen September 9, 2019According to this email, my PayPal account has been limited and I only have 24 hours to resolve this limitation. Despite its appearance, however, the email is not from PayPal.
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‘Your Transaction is Being Reviewed’ PayPal Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen September 6, 2019According to this email, which purports to be from PayPal, your transaction is being reviewed. Supposedly, PayPal’s “system has detected that you are using a new unknown device”.