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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‘Request To Deactivate Email’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen December 19, 2019According to this email, which claims to be from the “Domain Administrator”, you recently made a request to deactivate your email account. Supposedly, this “email de_activation” is “in prgress”.
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‘Recent Download With Your Apple ID’ Phishing Scams
by Brett M. Christensen December 17, 2019If you are an Apple user, keep an eye out for emails claiming that your Apple ID was used to download an app you know nothing about.
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TV Licensing Renewal Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen December 11, 2019According to the email, which purports to be from the UK’s TV Licensing authority, your TV licence could not be automatically renewed because your direct debit payment was declined.
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Fake Office 365 Update Email Designed to Hijack Your Account
by Brett M. Christensen December 10, 2019Inboxes are being hit by “Office 365 Update” emails warning that your account is to be closed. The emails supposedly come from the “Microsoft.com Team”.
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‘You Have to Verify Billing Account’ Apple ID Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen December 4, 2019According to this email, which purports to be from Apple, your Apple ID was locked due to security reasons and you must verify your billing details.
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‘Pending Messages’ Email Account Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen December 4, 2019According to this email, which purports to be from your account’s “Email Protection System”, there are messages pending delivery on your email portal.
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‘Verify Office 365’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen November 28, 2019According to this “verification” email, which purports to be from Microsoft’s Office 365, your email address needs to be updated to the 2020 version.
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‘Undelivered Email’ Phishing Scam Hitting Inboxes
by Brett M. Christensen November 16, 2019According to this “Microsoft E-Mail Service” email, your email service has prevented the delivery of new messages to your inbox.
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Bank of America ‘Irregular Activity’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen November 13, 2019According to this email, Bank of America has detected irregular activity on your account. It claims that you must verify this activity before you can continue using the account.