Speeding Fine Scam downloads malware School holidays finished up last week for most of Australia. This explains why there has been another outbreak of scam email infringement notice fines. The emails inform the user that they have committed a traffic offence, and that they have a period of time to pay the fine. The recipient…
Latest email phish targets NAB customers Once again, bank customers are being targeted by a phishing campaign. This time customers of the National Australia Bank (NAB) are being hit with phishing emails. This time the email claims unusual transactions have been detected. The implication made is that the bank has suspended access to online banking…
Claims Bank phishing email scanned Be warned: the creators of phishing emails have crafty ways to slip under your defences. This phishing email brazenly asserts that it has been scanned for malware. The email claims to be from St George. For the benefit of our overseas readers, St George is an Australian bank. It actually…
Fake JCPenney gift cards circulating Whilst our company is Australian, we do have a large number of overseas clients and readers. The latest gift voucher scam involves a retailer that has a limited presence in Australia. The scam gift cards purport to be from JCPenney. JCPenney (for those who don’t know) is a department store…
Fake Coles gift voucher scam It has been some time since we put up a post about a gift voucher scam. There is a reason for that: we have not found any scam in the quantity that indicates a concerted attack. That changed in the last day. Today we present the latest gift voucher. This…
Policy updates advises phishing email The latest phishing email purporting to be from PayPal surfaced this week. This email is letting you know that there have been some changes to the legal agreements around PayPal. The agreements can be accessed by clicking on a link in the email. If you agree with the changes, then…
PayPal phishing email says not spam Once again, we found a phishing email masquerading as being from Paypal. This phish resembles previous phishing emails; it claims that it is not spam. This is a ruse. It is a brazen attempt at authenticity. The email does trot out the usual line: someone has been using your…
Week in review 19 June 2015 This week sees the return of our week in review. It is shorter this week, due to people being away for the start of the week. The week was not short on malicious emails. This week we had two taxation phishing campaigns start up, and a voucher scam. Read on…
Internal Revenue commission scam email Once again, malware is being spread via the lure of money from the government. This time the email is apparently from the New Zealand Internal Revenue Commission. The email informs the recipient that money has been deposited in their account. A statement such as that is likely to pique most…
Fake Woolworths voucher scam Voucher scams are once again doing the rounds. Today’s example masquerades as a Woolworths voucher. Voucher scams come in different flavours. The recipient is promised a voucher if they complete a survey. The recipient must click on a link to go to the survey site. The survey site is a fake…
