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Amazon.com
AOL
Bank of America
BlueMountain.com
BOA version 2
Chase Bank scams
CitiBank
Co-operative Bank
Commerce Bank
CSRA Survey
Dade County Federal
Wachovia Bank
EDT Hosting
FDIC and VeriSign
Fifth Third Bank
German American
Halifax Bank Plc
Monster Job Tool
National Credit Union
PayPal
Sooper Credit Union
Tagged.com
VISA scam email

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Phishing Examples
Samples of Phishing Emails Regarding PayPal, Chase, Visa, Etc.

Click on the links below to see actual examples of phishing emails, and how they work! If you receive an email similar to the ones below, DO NOT click on the link, and do not enter any information on the forms there. Phishing is a fake email or website that attempts to gather your personal information for identity theft or fraud. Phishing scams usually use "spoofed" websites that look very much like the real websites, but are fake.  "Spoofing" refers to making a fake copy.

  1. Amazon.com
  2. AOL
  3. Bank of America
  4. Bank of America - version 2
  5. BlueMountain.com Ecard Email
  6. Chase
  7. CitiBank
  8. The Co-operative Bank p.l.c
  9. Commerce Bank
  10. CSRA (CSRA Federeal Credit Union)
  11. Dade County Federal Credit Union
  12. EDT Hosting
  13. FDIC and VeriSign, Inc.
  14. Fifth Third Bank
  15. German American Bank
  16. Halifax Bank Plc Email Scam
  17. Monster Job Seeker Tool
  18. National Credit Union Administration
  19. PayPal (several variations)
  20. Sooper Credit Union
  21. SunTrust Bank
  22. Tagged.com - (Your friend "Tagged" you)
  23. Visa
  24. Wachovia Bank
     

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