Phishing Scams

According to this email, which purports to be from credit card provider American Express, errors were encountered during a recent security analysis.

According to this message, which purports to be from hotmail.com, your Hotmail account has been suspended and your email address has been removed from the database. 

This email claims that your Amazon account was used to buy a $250 Gift Card. It notes that, if you did not purchase the card or believe that an unauthorized person has accessed your account, you should click a “cancel order” link.

Email purporting to be an order notification from Apple claims that you have purchased an Apple Store Gift Card valued at $100.

As Christmas draws near, many more products than usual are bought online. Internet shopping giant Amazon is thus a favourite target for phishing scammers.

According to this email, someone has sent you a file using online file hosting service Dropbox.  The email urges you to click a link to see the file.

According to this email, PayPal has temporarily suspended your account ‘due to some issues in the automatic verification process”. 

According to this email, your Netflix account has been put on hold because the company is having trouble with your current billing information. 

Australian residents have been receiving fraudulent text messages claiming that they are owed a Medicare rebate. The text messages are phishing scams.