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

Phishing Examples

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. Generic scam email claiming to be from your company
  2. Generic email claiming "you have undelivered messages to your inbox"
  3. Abbey National Bank (UK)
  4. Amazon Account Locked scam email
  5. Amazon.com (2010 version)
  6. Amazon.com
  7. Amazon, claiming Your account on hold, verify and update your account information (2020)
  8. American Airlines ("Download your ticket")
  9. American Airlines ("You can download your ticket")
  10. American Express "Unauthorized use of card 390105" Scam
  11. American Express ("Personal Security Key")
  12. American Express ("Thanks for Updating Your Email Address")
  13. American Express ("Fraud Protection Alert")")
  14. AOL
  15. AT&T - ("Your Online Bill is ready")
  16. AT&T Wireless
  17. Bank of America (2020 - 2021 version)
  18. Bank of America
  19. Bank of America - version 2
  20. Geek-Squad-Scam-Email.phpBest Buy Geek Squad scam
  21. BlueMountain.com Ecard Email
  22. Charles Schwab & Co
  23. Chase
  24. Chase Re: We've locked your account for your safety
  25. Chase: IMPORTANT: Your Chase Online is Locked
  26. Chase Bank ("lmportant message about your account")
  27. Chase Online
  28. Chase Online version 2
  29. CitiBank
  30. The Co-operative Bank p.l.c
  31. Commerce Bank
  32. CSRA (CSRA Federeal Credit Union)
  33. CVS reward card
  34. Dade County Federal Credit Union
  35. Deutsche Post DHL
  36. DHL
  37. EDT Hosting
  38. Experian
  39. Express Mail Service
  40. FDIC and VeriSign, Inc.
  41. Federal Express / FedEx  ("Order Tracking")
  42. Fifth Third Bank
  43. Foxnews.com
  44. German American Bank
  45. Google Reward Prize "It's your lucky year". Maybe not, if you opened the attachment.
  46. Halifax Bank Plc Email Scam
  47. ICT Helpdesk
  48. InterSwitch Nigeria Limited Email Scam
  49. MailSupport - "Blocked Sent Message" got to love this scam for its simplicity. 
  50. MacAfee - Symantec - fake invoice renewal and here is another version of the same scam
  51. Microsoft Outlook
  52. Monster Job Seeker Tool
  53. NAFCU - National Association of Federal Credit Unions
  54. National Credit Union Administration
  55. Norton LifeLock
  56. PayPal 2022 Example "Order Update"
  57. PayPal 2021 example
  58. PayPal (several variations)
  59. RingCentral
  60. Roundcube "E-mail notification"
  61. Sam's Club Shopper survey scam
  62. Sam's Club
  63. Sooper Credit Union
  64. SunTrust Bank
  65. Tagged.com - (Your friend "Tagged" you)
  66. UPS - many examples
  67. US Airways
  68. Visa
  69. Wachovia Bank
  70. WalMart "$50 Reward"
  71. Wells Fargo Required Upgrade Scam email 
  72. Wells Fargo Security Alert "We have suspended your online banking access"
  73. Yahoo Mail, claiming "we are closing all old versions of Yahoo Mailbox"

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