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 Spotify Premium Receipts Being Used to Steal Apple IDs
by Brett M. Christensen October 21, 2018This email, which purports to be an Apple payment notification, confirms that you have purchased a yearly subscription to Spotify Premium for $150.99.
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HMRC ‘Pending Payment’ Text Message Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen October 8, 2018People in the UK are receiving text messages about a supposed pending payment from UK tax agency HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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‘Your Apple ID Has Been Locked’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen September 11, 2018According to this email, which claims to be from Apple Support, your Apple ID has been locked for security reasons and you need to update your account.
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Scotiabank ‘Blacklisted Location’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen September 4, 2018Customers of Canadian based bank Scotiabank are being targetted via a phishing scam email that claims that their accounts have been deactivated.
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HMRC ‘Payment Credit Issuance’ Tax Refund Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen August 31, 2018According to this email, you are eligible to receive a “Payment Credit Issuance” from the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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‘Request to Terminate Your Google Account’ Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen August 29, 2018According to this email, which purports to be from Gmail Account Services, your request to terminate your Google Account has been accepted.
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‘Bigpond Email Getting an Update’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen August 9, 2018According to this email, your BigPond.com email address is getting an upgrade within the coming weeks. The email, which purports to be from “Telstra Broadband Support”, claims that you can click a link and re-login to your account if you wish to upgrade immediately.
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OneDrive ‘DocuSign this Document’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen August 1, 2018This email claims that a document has been sent to you via Microsoft’s document storage and sharing platform OneDrive. The subject line of the email suggests that you need to provide an electronic signature using DocuSign.
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AOL ‘Cancel Deactivation’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen July 31, 2018According to this email, which purports to be from AOL, you recently made a request to shut down your email account. The message claims that the request will be processed shortly.