ANZ Bank New Email Phishing Scam The latest banking scam phishing attempt targets ANZ bank users with this plain text email. It is a very dangerous attempt to get your banking information. This email leads you to a fake ANZ online banking portal. MailShark has notified ANZ Bank. Be very careful with this one and…
Week in Review 14 August 2015 Our week in review this week features a variety of email scam attempts caught by MailShark spam filters. Gift card scams are still prevalent and noticed on a regular basis. As usual, stay safe and delete suspicious emails from your inbox immediately. Overviews of this weeks articles and links…
Online Casino Email Scam Attempt This online casino email scam is an attempt to infect your computer with malware. Be very cautious with this one and delete it from your inbox if received. Figure A shows the email in question. It’s plain text based and encourages the receiver to click through to a malicious website. The…
Win a JB Hi-Fi Gift Card Email Scam This email targets readers interested in Australian / New Zealand electronics store, JB Hi-Fi, by promoting a competition to win a gift card. It is an attempt to infect your computer with malware. Delete it immediately and keep reading to find out more. Figure A shows the…
Free SMEG Dishwasher Scam Email This email scam claims to offer a free SMEG dishwasher just for testing it out! Don’t fall for this one. It’s a poor attempt at infecting your computer with malware. Keep reading to find out how to identify it as a fake and delete it from your inbox if received.…
Netflix Billing Scam Email With the rise of popularity of Netflix in the US & Australia, this billing scam email is extremely dangerous. You are at risk of giving away your credit card details or gaining a malware infection. If you receive this email delete it from your inbox! In Figure A you will see…
Confirm Your Coles Voucher Email Scam Australian supermarket, Coles, has again been targeted by the gift voucher scam emails surfacing in the last few weeks. There have been a number of gift card emails caught by our scam filters so be wary when one reaches your inbox. In Figure A you will see the bright…
Week in Review 7 August 2015 We are back again with our week in review for the start of August! Our scam filters noticed a lot of survey incentive email scams this week as well as a bank related scam and competition scam. It was overall an interesting mixture of tactical emails attempting to reach…
Coles Survey Reward Scam Email Coles (an Australian supermarket) has again been targeted with a survey reward scam email encouraging the receiver to click through to a malicious website. There are many hidden dangerous links in this email. Be cautious and delete it from your inbox if received. Figure A shows the email in question.…
Congratulations with Your New Car Email Scam Congratulations, you have apparently won a new car! Competition email scams have been circulating for years and this one is no different. Don’t click any links in this email, it is an attempt to infect your computer with malware. If you receive it delete it from your inbox…
