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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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”.
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‘You Have a New Dropbox Message’ Scam Emails
by Brett M. Christensen August 2, 2019If you use the file hosting service Dropbox, keep an eye out for fake notification emails claiming that you have new Dropbox messages.
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Phishing – Fake Amazon Account Update Email Claims ‘Informations Missing or Incorrect’
by Brett M. Christensen July 31, 2019According to this email, which purports to be from Amazon, your account will be limited if you don’t click a link to update your account within 72 hours.
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‘I Can’t Believe It’s You’ Facebook Scam Messages
by Brett M. Christensen July 28, 2019Keep an eye out for Facebook scam messages with the words “I can’t believe it’s you” and a link. The link opens a phishing website.
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‘You Added a New Email Address’ PayPal Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen July 27, 2019A recent scam email purporting to be from PayPal is claiming that you have added a new email address to your PayPal account.