An (almost) believable phishing email scam On first sight this 'Reserve and Collect' email looks as though it is above board and 'proper.' Like many of us nowadays, I'm an avid user of click and collect ordering services - especially…
Most certainly a total scam Here is an email I and another 53 people (all our emails were listed in the To: field) received recently from some non-existent organisation or person pretending that I'd subscribed to their newsletter. It's clever…
Not a Great Scam - But a Scam Nevertheless Here is an email I received today, supposedly from UPS... It doesn't seem likely that UPS_Corporaté <henry@absolutelabelservices.com> is actually UPS (and I do like the é in Corporate). Nor am…
Some scammer has gone to a goodly amount of trouble and time crafting this scam - supposedly from Paypal. Here is an image of the main body text. You can see that they've used my actual email address, plus all…
Here is an email I received, supposedly from Amazon...but not! Not a particularly sophisticated scam - not my email address, but potentially quite tempting to the unwary. Stay Vigilant [ssf id=67066748]
Halifax Letter Scam? Here is a relatively sophisticated (and relatively expensive) scam letter we received recently. Addressed to an actual person and looking genuine, at first viewing, it took us a while to appreciate that it really is a likely…
Barclays Bank Scam Email Here is an email I received recently - scarily telling me that some of my recent transactions on my Barclays account have been 'revoked'. Oh dear. Still it is clearly a scam email. It has many…
Paypal Scam This is clever, as it has really taken on the tone and style (look, feel and language) that Paypal uses in its emails and general correspondence. It also appeals to our general desire to provide help to those…
Scam or Spam? What's the difference? Scam is when it is deliberately criminal in intent and action, Spam is when it is unwanted and annoying. So all email Scams are Spam...and some Spam emails are Scams. Does that make sense?…
I received this email, supposedly from Paypal...but of course it isn't from that organization. Instead it's a scam. Interestingly the 'Confirmation' button links to a bit.ly shortened URL, see below; Which I haven't clicked on.... Stay Vigilant [ssf id=67066748]