Email purporting to be from PayPal claims that your account has been temporarily limited because the company needs your help to resolve an issue with the account.
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“Your iTunes ID Has Been Blocked” Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen January 27, 2017Email purporting to be from Apple Support claims that your iTunes ID has been blocked due to “unusual activity” and you must click a link to verify the ID before you can use it again.
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Chase “Please Confirm Activity” Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen January 19, 2017“Action required” email purporting to be from Chase Bank claims that you must click a link to confirm that you or someone authorized to use your debit card made a recent transaction.
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PayPal “Regular Account Maintenance” Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen January 17, 2017Email purporting to be from PayPal claims that your account has not been updated as part of the company’s regular account maintenance and you must click an “activate” link to confirm your email address.
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Wells Fargo “Fraud Alert” Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen January 12, 2017Email purporting to be from US based bank Wells Fargo claims that the bank has implemented new security measures designed to protect customers from unauthorised login attempts. It claims that you must click a “secure update” link to update your credentials so that you can be part of these new security measures.
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Amazon ‘Order Confirmation’ Phishing Scam Emails
by Brett M. Christensen December 29, 2016Inboxes continue to be hit with bogus “Order confirmation” emails purporting to be from Internet giant Amazon.
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PayPal “We Are About to Delete Your Account” Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen December 16, 2016Email purporting to be from PayPal claims that the company is about to delete your account because the account does not respect PayPal’s Terms of Use.
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‘Your Mail Box Will Expire Soon’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen July 20, 2016Message purporting to be from the eMail Security Team claims that your Mail Box will expire soon and you will therefore be blocked from sending and receiving emails if you do not click an update link within 24 hours.
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Apple ‘Enhanced Security Policies’ Phishing Scam
by Brett M. Christensen June 29, 2016Email purporting to be from Apple Management claims that some of your information needs to be re-entered so that it can pass Apple’s ‘enhanced security policies’.
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NAB ‘Update and Upgrade’ Phishing Scam Email
by Brett M. Christensen June 9, 2016Email purporting to be from the National Australia Bank (NAB) claims that, due to a recent server update and upgrade, all customers must click a link to verify their accounts.
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