Example Phishing Email Scams

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, claiming Your account on hold, verify and update your account information (2020)
4. Amazon.com
5. AOL
6. Bank of America
7. Bank of America - version 2
8. BlueMountain.com Ecard Email
9. Chase
10. CitiBank
11. The Co-operative Bank p.l.c
12. Commerce Bank
13. CSRA (CSRA Federeal Credit Union)
14. Dade County Federal Credit Union
15. EDT Hosting
16. FDIC and VeriSign, Inc.
17. Fifth Third Bank
18. German American Bank
19. Halifax Bank Plc Email Scam
20. InterSwitch Nigeria Limited Email Scam
21. Monster Job Seeker Tool
22. NAFCU - National Association of Federal Credit Unions
23. National Credit Union Administration
24. PayPal (several variations)
25. Sooper Credit Union
26. SunTrust Bank
27. Tagged.com - (Your friend "Tagged" you)
28. UPS - many examples
29. Visa
30. Wachovia Bank
     

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