Phishing Scams

Email purporting to be from AT&T claims that the recipient’s email account limit has been exceeded and that the account will be suspended unless it is verified within 24 hours.

Email purporting to be from American Express claims recipients must open an attached file and fill in a form in order to verify their account.

Email claiming to be from the Mail Administrator claims that the recipient’s email address has been queued for deactivation due to an account error.

Emails with the subject line “Private Message” invite recipients to click a link to read a private message supposedly sent from the email address of one of their contacts.

Email purporting to be from AOL claims that, the recipient’s AOL account will be deactivated unless he or she clicks an “activation link”.

Email, purporting to be from eBay, claims that you have tried to sign in from an unfamiliar computer and must, therefore, confirm your identity by clicking a link in the message.

Message purporting to be from Facebook claims that the recipient’s Facebook account has been reported for annoying or insulting other users and will be disabled if he or she does not confirm account details within 24 hours.

Email, purporting to be from ticket buying and selling marketplace StubHub, supposedly provides order details for the purchase of tickets to a boxing match in Las Vegas.

Email purporting to be from AT&T claims that the recipient’s account may be shut down if he or she does not verify the account by replying with username and password details.