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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. Abbey National Bank (UK)
2. Amazon.com (2010 version)
3. Amazon.com
4. AOL
5. Bank of America
6. Bank of America - version 2
7. BlueMountain.com Ecard Email
8. Chase
9. CitiBank
10. The Co-operative Bank p.l.c
11. Commerce Bank
12. CSRA (CSRA Federeal Credit Union)
13. Dade County Federal Credit Union
14. EDT Hosting
15. FDIC and VeriSign, Inc.
16. Fifth Third Bank
17. German American Bank
18. Halifax Bank Plc Email Scam
19. InterSwitch Nigeria Limited Email Scam
20. Monster Job Seeker Tool
21. NAFCU - National Association of Federal Credit Unions
22. National Credit Union Administration
23. PayPal (several variations)
24. Sooper Credit Union
25. SunTrust Bank
26. Tagged.com - (Your friend "Tagged" you)
27. Visa
28. Wachovia Bank
     

For more information about phishing, see this page.
 

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Names used by scammers in the examples on this page and others often belong to real people and businesses who often have no knowledge of nor connection to the scammer's use of their name and information.  Sample scam emails and other documents are copies of the scam to help potential victims recognize and avoid it.  You should presume that any names used and presented here in a scam are either fictitious or used without their legitimate owner's permission.
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