Phishing Scams

Mailchimp Phishing email scam

Mailchimp Phishing Scam

This one’s pretty obvious but let’s take a look: Subject: der Alert MC00534427 : limit applied to your account verify now OK, that’s terrible English, capitalization and the space before the colon is a dead giveaway that this is from India. It was sent right around the time they’re starting their day there, too. Here’s…

IONOS Phishing Email

IONOS (1&1 Hosting) Phishing Email

Here’s another phishing email that showed up. Let me show you how I can tell this is a phishing email: This one’s kind of funny – look: “Dear Costumer:” Is that someone who makes costumes… for Halloween? They can’t even spell customer right. 🙂 Other tip-offs: “IONOSInc.” without a space between those words… sloppy. Companies…

Amazon Phishing Scam

“Your Amazon Web Services Account” Phishing Scam

I received 4-5 of these messages recently and they’re a phishing scam. “We are unable to validate important details about your Amazon WebServices (AWS). Please Confirm Your Information To Remove Account Limit Restriction.” Here’s what I see that tips me off that this is a phishing email: The bad English. About my AWS? Or… About…

AMEX phishing scam 2

American Express Account Suspended Phishing Scam

Here’s another phishing scam I received today… Subject line: “Unusual Activity Detected” Wow, they love me. This one seems a bit more well crafted than the last one but let’s take a look… In this line: “For your safety, Your American Express account has temporarily been suspended due to missing/unverified contact information.” the word “your”…

OneDrive Scam Email 2

How to Check if an Email is Real or Not (Phishing)

I just received this email and noticed it’s a phishing email, so I thought I’d explain a few ways to easily check for scam emails. This one says it’s from “Onedrive” and the subject line was “New File Received.” First, check for misspellings, bad grammar, and bad punctuation. “Onedrive” should have been “OneDrive” – so…