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‘Attached is Your Credit Note’ Malware Emails
Emails claiming to include a ‘credit note’ in an attached file are currently hitting inboxes. The emails specify an invoice number for the supposed credit note.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 7, 2015
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Fake FedEx ‘Shipment Notification’ Email Contains Malware
According to this email, which claims to be a shipment notification from delivery company FedEx, you can view a tracking update by opening an attached file. Supposedly, FedEx sent the email in response to a request for a tracking update.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 29, 2015
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Royal Caribbean Facebook Survey Scam
A Facebook Page that claims to be associated with cruise line Royal Caribbean is supposedly giving away free cruise tickets for a two week holiday topped up with $2500 spending money.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 24, 2015
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Fake Companies House ‘Important Documents’ Email Contains Malware
This email, which purports to be from UK Government department Companies House, supposedly contains important and confidential company documents in an attached file.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 20, 2015
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‘A for guest WARDE SAID’ Hilton Hotel Receipt Malware Email
According to this email, which purports to be from hotel chain Hilton, a receipt for your hotel booking is included in an attached file. The sending email address appears to belong to Hilton.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 19, 2015
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Another Facebook Sick Baby Scam – 'Baby With Brain Cancer'
This widely circulated Facebook message, which features a photograph depicting a baby with a very large growth on the side of her head, asks users to like, comment, and share the image as a means of raising money to help the pictured baby.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 17, 2015
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PayPal ‘Changes to Legal Agreements’ Phishing Scam
According to this email, which purports to be from PayPal, the company is making changes to its legal agreements and you therefore need to click a ‘Confirm Account’ button to accept the changes. However, the email is not from PayPal.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 14, 2015
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TRUE – Facebook Allows You to Choose A Custom Gender Option
Several people have asked me about circulating claims that Facebook users can now specify any gender designation they want on their profile via a custom gender option. Some have suggested that the claims about a custom gender option might be just a hoax.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 6, 2015
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Ofcom Spectrum Licensing Malware Emails
Inboxes are currently being hit by malware emails that falsely claim to be from Ofcom Spectrum Licensing. The emails claim that you should open an attached Microsoft Word file to view ‘important documents relating to your Wireless Telegraphy licence or…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 6, 2015
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Google Award Advance Fee Scam
According to this email, you have won the sum of £750,000 in a Google Award. The message claims that your email address was randomly chosen as the winning entry via an ‘online email balloting’ supposedly designed to ensure that Google remains the most popular…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 30, 2015
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‘Voice Message Attached’ Malware Emails
Inboxes are currently being hit by emails claiming to contain an attached voice message. The attachments do not contain a voice message. Instead, they contain malware.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 29, 2015
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Fake-News Report Claims Man Found With 30 Cow Eyeballs in Anus
According to a report that is currently circulating the interwebs at speed, police who pulled over a motorist in Wyoming discovered that the man had 30 cow eyeballs inserted in his anal cavity.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 27, 2015
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Hoax – 'McDonald's Coffee Contains French Fry Grease'
According to reports that are currently making their way around the Internet via social media, fast food giant McDonald’s has admitted that its coffee contains french fry grease and is putting up signs in its outlets that warn customers about the additive.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 29, 2015
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Hoax – 'Pregnant Woman Claims She was Raped By Pig'
Yet another nonsensical fake-news report is currently traversing the Interwebs at speed. The report, which has been published by various ‘entertainment’ websites, including DudeComedy and Trending Stylist, claims that one Angie Houston of Texas expects to…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 29, 2015
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Fake-News Story Claims Boy Raised by Kangaroos
According to this report, which has circulated via social media since 2015, Australian authorities have discovered a feral boy living with a group of kangaroos near Broken Hill in far western New South Wales (NSW).
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 24, 2015
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‘Here’s the Link HeHe’ Facebook Phishing Scam Messages
Facebook timelines are currently being hit by scam messages designed to trick users into clicking a phishing link. The text of the scam messages vary. Some suggest that you check out a ‘foolish movieclip’ or ‘silly woman’.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 11, 2015
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‘Forbidden Content’ Facebook Phishing Scam
According to this message, which appears to come from ‘Content Reviews’ at Facebook, forbidden content and suspicious activity have been discovered in your Facebook account.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 11, 2015
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Facebook Scammers Hijack News of Alton Towers Roller Coaster Accident
In early June 2015, a roller coaster accident at UK theme park Alton Towers left four people seriously injured. The incident was widely reported by the mainstream media.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 8, 2015
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Google ‘Email Electronics Sweepstakes’ Advance Fee Scam
According to this ‘official notification’ message that claims to be from Google UK, you have won £950,000 in the ‘Email Electronics Sweepstakes’, a lottery organized by Google in conjunction with the ‘Foundation for the Promotion of Software Products’.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jun 1, 2015
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Hoax: Picture of Shark Swimming in Flooded Street After Hurricane Irene
The image is fake. The image is the result of digital manipulation. The shark was taken from a famous photograph of a shark following a kayaker and incorporated into the “flooded street” photograph.
Hoax-Slayer · English · May 27, 2015
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