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Customers of Australian telco Telstra are again being targeted via a fake bill notification email. 

According to this email, you have been randomly selected to win the seasonal “Like of the Year” Award for 2019.

Last week, I got a dozen or more scam calls, all of which falsely claimed to be from Australian telecommunications company Telstra. 

Inboxes are currently being hit by bogus "payment remittance" emails that supposedly include details about a SWIFT payment.

A rather clever phishing email currently hitting inboxes attempts to emulate the genuine “new sign-in” security warnings sent out by email service providers.

There are probably few sites in this history of the Internet that have spawned more hatred and condemnation than the Bonsai Kittens website.

This message, which is currently circulating via Facebook, Whatsapp, and other social media sites, warns people in Nigeria not to drink coke until further notice because it may be poisoned.

According to this email, which was supposedly sent by the "Email Security Team" at Yahoo.com,  your account has been infected with a virus. 

If you use Instagram, be wary of fake notification messages claiming that your account has violated copyright and is set to be deleted.

Circulating message features an old paper advertisement for Pakistan International Airlines that includes an image of New York's Twin Towers with the shadow of a passenger jet on the faces of the buildings.

This email, which was supposedly sent by a "hacker who has access to your operating system",  claims that your computer was infected with a "Trojan Virus" through an adult site that you visited.

According to this email, my PayPal account has been limited and I only have 24 hours to resolve this limitation. Despite its appearance, however,  the email is not from PayPal.

Facebook users continue to fall for criminal ploys claiming that they have won a  large cash prize in a supposed Facebook lottery or grant.

According to this email, which purports to be from PayPal, your transaction is being reviewed. Supposedly, PayPal's  "system has detected that you are using a new unknown device".

Long circulated message claims that an attached photograph shows a massive hard disk drive designed for use with the 1956 305 RAMAC computer

This rapidly circulating post supposedly gives notice to Instagram that "it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents".

More often than not, people become victims of phishing scams, online fraud, and malware attacks simply because they don't take the time to think things through before proceeding.

According to this email, you have won $2,970,000 in the Millionaire-Raffle promotion conducted by an entity named "Royal Slots Online". 

If you use the file hosting service Dropbox, keep an eye out for fake notification emails claiming that you have new Dropbox messages. 

According to this email, which purports to be from Amazon, your account will be limited if you don't click a link to update your account within 72 hours.

If you've been on Facebook for any length of time, you may well have come across a post that claims that you can win a tiny house just by liking, sharing, and commenting.

Phone scammers posing as US Social Security Administration agents are calling people and demanding that they pay a bond to avoid being taken to jail. 

My spam folders are currently getting hammered by spam emails with subject lines claiming that I have unread messages. 

Keep an eye out for Facebook scam messages with the words "I can't believe it's you" and a link. The link opens a phishing website.

A recent scam email purporting to be from PayPal is claiming that you have added a new email address to your PayPal account.