Crooks are sending out fake SMS text messages and emails claiming to be from Royal Mail and asking recipients to pay a shipping fee to receive a package. An example of such a message can be seen below. Royal Mail: Your package has a £2.99 shipping fee, to pay this now visit LINK. Actions will […]
Email Scams
Scam emails claim to come from Director of the FBI
When we go to check our email inbox each morning, we may expect to see emails from our work colleagues, perhaps the odd family member who still prefers this method of contact. Possibly an email or two from a company we have an account with advertising their latest product. We probably wouldn’t expect to see […]
Watch out for TV Licensing email scam asking to set up direct debit
Watch out for a phishing email scam in the UK which claims you need to setup a new direct debit for your TV licensing. The email claims that the recipient needs to setup a new direct debit to remain licensed because the latest payment could not be made. The email includes a link that leads […]
Top 3 Email Scams of the Week Feb 5th-12th 2021
Feb 5th-12th 2021 We maintain a number of email addresses designed to collect various email scams, in order to see what schemes and tricks crooks are hitting inboxes with. These are the three that stood out this week. 1. Patrick Mensah and the $7.8 million USD consignment box. Type of scam: Advance fee scam, 419 […]
What is a phishing scam? Jargon buster
Our jargon buster section moves to phishing. What is it, what does it mean and how do you make sure you don’t fall for such a scam? A phishing scam is a broad term used to refer to any scam where a cyber-crook contacts a victim pretending to be someone they are not in order […]
Beware of phishing scam messages & emails from NHS about vaccine
Have you received an email, chat message or SMS message claiming to be from the NHS asking you to click a link to book your vaccine appointment? There’s a pretty high chance that it’s a scam. Cyber crooks are not the type of people to let a global pandemic go to waste, and they’ve set […]
Email scams blackmail victims with “compromising” webcam footage
Imagine the scenario. You get an email from an unknown sender. The email claims to be from a computer hacker, and they say they’ve managed to gain access to your webcam and have been covertly spying on you for days, even weeks. Not only that, but they’re spied on you visiting adult websites, and recorded […]