Email scams are all around us, I thought I would publish some in a series to give examples of the current crop of scams. These are real emails I have received so you can see the style and tone of the emails with some commentary from me. Our first one is a phishing scam trying …
SEO, both an important part of running a website and also a magnet for unscrupulous individuals and businesses trying to make a fast buck. We get lots of calls from clients who have received emails from people claiming to be SEO experts. These emails state that the clients website is riddled with errors and that …
This one is potentially a better attempt at a phishing scam than most. Supposedly from TrustWave, it tells of a failed vulnerability scan on my network and to view the results online. Visiting this site potentially loads Malware, or tries phishing techniques to get access to your systems. One interesting aspect of this is it …
A new scam arrived today, this time about a Digital Certificate. A client also had the same email (2 actually) so it must be a wave going around. Is is purportedly from ADP, a payroll system, but includes links to obviously hacked sites for phishing They are looking for ADP logins, to then access personal information of …
Whoops, it\’s a good thing this was not one of those dodgy sites! Please, please please do not click on those \”OMG see what someone is writing about you\” kind of tweets. Or you will be hacked and your account will be used to send horrible stuff to all of your friends. Yours …
Sorry, it\’s another phishing attempt, this time pretending to be from the NZ IRD (Inland Revenue Department) Here is the email From: ir3refundfiles@ird.govt.nz Subject Due to our latest update you are eligible for a refund Dear Sir/Madam, You are receiving this e-mail with reference to our latest database update on February 5, 2012. Due to …
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 concern that happens when you …
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 trick you to click …
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. …
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 are …
