Spam Reports
Links to reports about spam messages and tactics.
Looking for reports published before 2016? Click here to view an archive of spam report listings on the legacy Hoax-Slayer website.
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Email purporting to be from Google claims that a message you sent has been blocked. It urges you to click a link to read the blocked message and get more information.
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Spam Reports
Bogus eBay ‘Canceled Order’ Emails Open Spam Website
by Brett M. Christensen June 6, 2017Fraudulent emails purporting to be from eBay are currently hitting inboxes. The emails falsely claim that an order you made on eBay has been canceled successfully.
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Inboxes are currently being hit by fraudulent emails that claim that your Amazon order has been successfully canceled.
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Fake Alibaba ‘Canceled Order’ Emails Open Spam Website
by Brett M. Christensen May 31, 2017Fraudulent ‘canceled order’ emails purporting to be from online shopping website Alibaba are currently hitting inboxes.
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Great News! — ‘Svetlana’ Wants To Change My Life Forever
by Brett M. Christensen April 18, 2017Yesterday, I received an email with the rather jarring greeting “Hello foreigner”. The email claims to be from Svetlana, an “elegant and…
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Scam Emails Claim That Someone Just Sent You $3,182.00 With PayPal
by Brett M. Christensen April 16, 2017Apparently, Kathryn just sent me $3,182.00 USD with Paypal. So did Flor. And Andromeda, Betty, and Mea. Not to mention Augustina, Linda, and Shawna. And Dave, of course!
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Run A Website? Don’t Get Caught by ‘Domain Registration SEO’ Spam Emails
by Brett M. Christensen April 13, 2017Spam “SEO” emails that look like domain name invoices are designed to trick the unwary into believing that their domain is expiring and they must click a link to renew.
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Spam Reports
Fake Facebook Notification Email Opens Pharmacy Spam Website
by Brett M. Christensen April 7, 2017Email that looks like an official Facebook message claims that you have notifications pending and urges you to click a link to see activity that you have missed.
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Spam Reports
FedEx “We Have Sent You a Message” Spam Emails
by Brett M. Christensen February 24, 2017Email purporting to be from delivery company FedEx claims that the company has sent you a message with the required information. It urges you to click a button to get more details.