Archive for the ‘Email and Web Scams’ Category
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
The Better Business Bureau have been targeted as the latest providers of a "trusted source" for email phishing attempts. Not that the BBB are actually doing something wrong, but have been targeted by the spammers as a face for their campaign due to their trustworthiness, and in this case, the ...
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
I have received an email saying that a payment has been declined, as with many of these things, I have nothing to do with the service or vendor concerned and so I automatically think it is a scam.
In this instance it appears to be a phishing scam by trying to ...
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
These phishing attempts are usually found by my virus scanner, but this one got through.
Anz Bank
We'd like to inform you that your Secure Messages Center has 1 new message.
Please login to your Online Banking and visit the Secure Message Center section in order to
read the message.
Log On to Online Banking.
(The ...
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
I have had a number of enquiries from clients, checking to see if these emails are legitimate or not.
However, I have just received one directly and have noticed that although the scam is the same, the wording and formatting are a bit better, more convincing.
Here is the transcript:
Dear Manager,
(If you ...
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Another accommodation scam email, this time done a little better.
Rather than the all capitals, poor grammar and spelling of previous emails, this one reads better and so is harder to spot.
However, the key ingredients are the same
Doesn't match the products on offer (Asking for 7 people, when only 6 available)
Insists ...
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