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Marlboro ‘Ten Free Cigarette Carton Giveaway’ Facebook Scam
The message is a scam designed to trick you into spamming your friends and divulging your personal information via dodgy survey websites. It has no connection to Marlboro and no cigarettes are being given away.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 29, 2016
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Kmart ‘Win 10 Minutes In Our Store To Go Crazy’ Facebook Scam
The post and Facebook Page are not associated with Kmart and there is no such ‘go crazy for 10 minutes’ prize. This is yet another Facebook scam designed to trick you into entering your mobile phone number on a dodgy prize website.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 18, 2016
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‘Violation of Spam Activities’ Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from any legitimate email administrator. Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to steal your email account login credentials.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 17, 2016
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JB Hi-Fi ‘Win 10 Minutes In Our Store To Go Crazy’ Facebook Scam
The post is fraudulent. It is not associated with JB Hi-Fi and the promised ‘ten minutes to go crazy’ prize does not exist. The post is a scam designed to trick people into divulging their personal information on dodgy prize offer websites.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 15, 2016
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‘Re-Validate Your Mailbox’ Email Phishing Scam
The email is not from any domain or webmail admin and the claim that you must validate your account is untrue. The email is a phishing scam designed to steal your email account login credentials.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 13, 2016
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NAB ‘Update and Upgrade’ Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from NAB and customers do not need to verify their accounts as claimed. The email is a phishing scam designed to steal personal and financial information from NAB customers.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 9, 2016
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‘Shut Down Your Yahoo’ Phishing Scam Email
The email is not from Yahoo. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your Yahoo login details so that your account can be hijacked and used to launch spam and scam campaigns in your name.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 8, 2016
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Yet Another ‘Free Mercedes Benz’ Scam Hitting Facebook
The Facebook Page is a scam. No cars are being given away. It is just one among a great many similar scam Facebook Pages that promise participants the chance to win luxury vehicles just for liking, sharing, commenting, and filling in surveys.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 8, 2016
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Jack Black is NOT Dead
The claims are untrue. Jack Black is alive and well. The rumours began circulating after a supposedly official death announcement was posted on the Twitter feed of Jack’s comedy band Tenacious D.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 6, 2016
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‘Who Posted Your Photo Here’ Facebook Phishing Scam
The message is a phishing scam designed to steal your Facebook login details. This message, which is delivered via Facebook’s internal messaging system and may come from the account of one of your Facebook friends, asks the question ‘who posted your photo…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 6, 2016
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‘Free Tim Hortons $50 Coupon’ Facebook Survey Scam
The post is not associated with Tim Hortons and those who participate will not receive the promised coupon. The post is a scam designed to trick users into spamming their friends and supplying their personal information on suspect survey websites.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 6, 2016
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HOAX – ‘Cool Drink Contaminated With Ebola Virus’
The claims in the warning message are nonsense. There are no credible reports of such a contamination and Ebola is not spread by consuming commercial food or drink.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 6, 2016
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‘Tax Return Request Submitted’ Macro Malware Email
The email is fraudulent. The attached.zip file contains a Microsoft Word document that harbours a malicious macro. If allowed to run, this macro can download and install malware on your computer.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 2, 2016
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Myer Australia ‘Go Crazy in One of Our Stores’ Like-Farming Scam
The post is fraudulent and is not associated with Myer. There will be no winners. It is a scam designed to collect large numbers of likes as quickly as possible.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 2, 2016
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Bogus AGL Electricity Bill Email Points To Torrentlocker Ransomware
The email is not from AGL. It is a criminal ruse designed to trick you into visiting a compromised website and downloading Torrentlocker ransomware.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 2, 2016
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‘Facebook Organization Promotion Program’ Advance Fee Scam
The message is not an official Facebook prize notification and you have won nary a cent. There is no prize. The message is a scam designed to trick you into sending your money and personal information to cybercriminals. There are many variations of this scam.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 2, 2016
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NASA ‘1 Day of Total Darkness’ Hoax
The claims in the report are utter nonsense. There will be no ‘day of total darkness’ in June (unless you are in Antarctica) and NASA has certainly not confirmed the supposed once in a million year event.
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 31, 2016
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Netflix ‘Problem With Your Membership’ Phishing Scam
The email is not from Netflix. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information. According to this email, which purports to be from movie and TV streaming service Netflix, the company recently failed to validate your payment…
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 31, 2016
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‘Get a Free Pizza From Pizza Hut’ Facebook Scam
The post is fraudulent and has no connection to Pizza Hut. Those who participate will not receive a free pizza. The post is a scam designed to trick people into spamming their friends and divulging their information via dodgy survey websites.
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 31, 2016
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‘Win a Vacation to The Maldives’ Facebook Scam
The Facebook Page is fraudulent. There is no Maldives vacation prize and no winners. It is a scam designed to gather large numbers of likes and shares so that the Page can be reused for further scam attacks or sold on the black market to other scammers.
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 25, 2016
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