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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Phishing Scam – Fake Facebook ‘Copyright Violations’ Message
by Brett M. Christensen February 18, 2015Message purporting to be from the Facebook Support Team claims that there are copyright violations on your Facebook Page and you are therefore required to click a link to verify the Page.
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Fake Amazon Email Claims that Your Account Has Been Frozen
by Brett M. Christensen January 30, 2015According to this email, which claims to be from Internet giant Amazon, your account has been frozen temporarily in order to protect it.
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Apple Store ‘Transaction Cancellation Form’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen December 30, 2014According to this email, which purports to be from Apple, you have purchased a TomTom from the Apple Store. (A TomTom is a GPS car navigation system).
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PHISHING SCAM – ‘Receipt For Payment to Apple Store’
by Brett M. Christensen November 19, 2014Message purporting to be from PayPal claims to be a receipt for a recent payment to the Apple store. The email includes a ‘dispute transaction’ link that you can click if you did not authorize the charge.
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PHISHING – ‘Your Account is Temporarily Locked’ Facebook Email
by Brett M. Christensen November 10, 2014Email purporting to be from Facebook, claims that your account has been temporarily locked and you must therefore click a link to complete a security check and restore account access.
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‘Upgrade Your Credit Card’ Facebook Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen November 7, 2014Message purporting to be a last warning from Facebook claims that you must click a link to upgrade your credit card or ‘your page will be stop’.
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PHISHING SCAM – ‘Request to Terminate Microsoft Account’
by Brett M. Christensen October 28, 2014Email purporting to be from Microsoft Account Services claims that you have submitted a request to terminate your Microsoft Account and the process has already started.
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PHISHING – AOL Mail ‘Exceeded Storage Limit’ Email
by Brett M. Christensen September 29, 2014Message purporting to be from large US webmail provider AOL Mail claims that your email storage limit has been exceeded and you must click a link to re-validate your mailbox.
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PHISHING SCAM – Amazon 90% Discount Coupon Email
by Brett M. Christensen August 13, 2014Email claims that you are the winner of an Amazon discount coupon for 90% off any Amazon product.