Week in Review 24 July 2015

Week in Review 24 July 2015 This week’s week in review features a variety of email scam and phishing attempts. We hope this round-up of malicious emails will help you recognise and delete similar emails that may reach your inbox. If you wish to read more about a certain email listed below, please click through to…

Loan Offer Email Phishing for Your Information

Loan Offer Email Phishing for Your Information How likely do you think it is to get a random loan offer reach your personal inbox from a man you’ve never heard of? The odds are basically impossible. An offer of money is an old trick in the spamming world. If you receive this “LOAN OFFER” email…

Woolworths $100 Gift Card Email Scam

Woolworths $100 Gift Card Email Scam Spam filters have stopped the latest Woolworths supermarket gift card scam attempt in its tracks. The email states to offer a free $100 gift card – all you need to do is visit the website. Everyone loves a freebie, but don’t be fooled by this one or click anywhere…

NAB Bank Notification Phishing Email

NAB Bank Notification Phishing Email Once again NAB (National Australian Bank) has been targeted by an emailing phishing attempt. The email appears to be a notification on your account and even includes a fake ID number. This email is designed to trick current NAB customers into thinking their account has been experiencing unusual activity. Do…

Too Good To Be True Email Scam

Too Good To Be True Email Scam This email scam attempt falls into the too good to be true category, offering to show you how to turn a $300 investment into $7,000-$8,000! If you have received this email we hope you have already noticed the suspicious nature and deleted it from your inbox. If you…

Plain Text Confusing Scam Attempt

Plain Text Confusing Scam Attempt The original plain text scam attempt will always attempt a comeback – don’t be tempted. These emails from a generically named sender will talk about something interesting (normally involving money) on a personal level in hopes to confuse the receiver. A hopeful thought will normally pop into your head, something…

Week in Review 17 July 2015

Week in Review 17 July 2015 Once again our week in review is on the shorter side, however, there was no shortage of malicious emails. This week we noticed a number of phishing emails pretending to be major companies in the financial industry. All of these emails were ‘phishing’ for data to access your personal…