Fake eBay invoice snares PayPal users Once again, fake eBay invoices are being used as bait for PayPal phishing emails. We saw this technique used in January this year. It resurfaced this week. Tweaks have been made to the email used. The amount is different and some changes have been made to the wording of…
NetBank Netcode deactivation notice This heading is a paraphrase of the latest email phish targeting Commonwealth Bank users. The exact subject line is “Netbanking Alert – Netcode deactivation service”. The cyber criminals have stated in their email that it is a “new way for us to get in touch”. This is a psychological ploy. Sneaking…
Amazon Account restricted says fake email Phishing emails directed at Amazon users are a rarity. We don’t see many per month, let alone per day. Today we received our first for May. It’s not a spectacular effort, but it is arriving in large volumes. This means it is a specific campaign. In common with phishing…
Significant changes cause account limitation The latest PayPal phishing email warns of “significant changes“. These changes have caused limitations on your PayPal account. The block can be removed by clicking on a link and supplying extra information. The email looks realistic on first glance. If you receive this email, delete it. Do not click on…
Week in review 15 May 2015 Sandwiched between two PayPal phishing emails were an Apple and a traffic infringement notice. Not that tasty. Neither was the phishing email directed at Commonwealth Banks users. Read on for our week in review. As always, you can click on a link to see the story in full, together…
Online Access Locked says Phishing Email Today’s phishing email is special. Aside from it targeting Commonwealth Bank customers, it is in English and Portuguese. The body of the email is in English, but the footer is in Portuguese. It is a quality phishing email in many respects. But there are still signs that it is…
Unusual credit card charges warns fake email These days it’s rare to go a week without at least one phishing email aimed at PayPal users. Today a second such email arrived in volumes. The quantity of the emails stopped by our email filters indicates the campaign is widespread. The overarching theme of PayPal phishing emails…
Incorrect Apple Account Information It’s the low quality part of the week for phishing emails. Today we’ve looked at several types, but they were all in plain text, with no logos or branding. And then we came upon an Apple phishing email. This one is convincing. It does not use plain text. It uses the…
Copycat traffic infringement notice A new traffic infringement notice was snared by our email filters today. It is similar to fake notices stopped on the 30/4/2015. Both emails claim to be from the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Both assert that the recipient has committed a traffic infringement, and they both direct you to a site…
PayPal Online Access Blocked “Unfortunately, your online access has been blocked.” Thus reads the opening line of the latest PayPal phishing email. The reason given is out of date PayPal billing records. The consequences are predictable: your account will be suspended. But fear not; clicking on the embedded link will solve the problem. It will…
