Email with the subject line “Notification PayPal : Suspicious Activities” claims that you have sent a payment of $863.98 USD for an iPhone 6 to “alie.xyy”. It claims that that you should click a “Resolve it now” link if you did not make the transaction.
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“Ms. Sarah Chen Sent You a Message” LinkedIn Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen October 13, 2016Email purporting to be from LinkedIn claims that a person named Sarah Chen is interested in your products and would like to make an urgent order. It features a “Read More” link that you can supposedly click to get further information.
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PayPal “You Just Received a $3,722.96 USD Payment” Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen October 9, 2016Email purporting to be from PayPal claims that you have just received a $3,722.96 USD payment. It claims that you must click a link to login to your account and accept the pending payment.
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‘Security Notice’ email purporting to be from Apple claims that your Apple ID has been locked because the company noticed an attempt to sign into your account from an ‘unrecognized device’. The email lists the date, time and location of the supposed access attempt.
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PayPal ‘Your Account Has Been Closed’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen March 7, 2016Email purporting to be from PayPal claims that your account has been closed because the company is concerned that someone has been using the account without your knowledge.
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‘Apple & iCloud ID Cancellation’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen January 21, 2016According to this email, your Apple ID is about to be removed from iCloud and all Apple services. The message claims that Apple…
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Standard Chartered ‘New Website Design’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen November 24, 2015According to this email, which purports to be from Standard Chartered Bank’s ‘Straight2Bank’ service, the design of the bank’s website is changing. The…