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PayPal E-mail Scam - Account Restricted

 This yet is another PayPal E-mail Scam - Account Restricted version . Below you'll see the red flags and photos of the entire email that was received.  Extremely long sender email address. Combination of letters and numbers that have no meaning.  An unusual email subject heading that begins with RE : . ..  It mentions that the account is temporarily restricted vs. disabled. Restricted from what I'm not sure?? I guess their hoping we click the links to find out.  I have to give them credit for the images in the email. It goes the extra mile to include the app store images as well as legal information at the bottom of the email as well.  Check out the photos below. Photo #1  PayPal E-mail Scam - Account Restricted Photo #2 PayPal E-mail Scam - Account Restricted Photo #3 PayPal E-mail Scam - Account Restricted Photo #4 PayPal E-mail Scam - Account Restricted Photo #5 PayPal E-mail Scam - Account Restricted Photo #6 PayPal E-mail Scam - Acc...

Publishers Clearing House E-mail Scam

 This post involves a Publishers Clearing House E-mail Scam. Seems like there trying to bate someone for $850,000 dollars.  I didn't even think that Publishers Clearing House still existed... Take a look at the red flags and photos below. The email subject doesn't even contain a subject. Its just an abbreviation with random numbers. The winning dollar amount is an extremely high number.  The scammer is pretty crafty adding a lot of demographical information, and how to respond via phone or email.  The email  name <mileone@tim.it> next to Publishers Clearing House. I'm confident in thinking that it's not coming from someone in the U.S. because they spelled the word ' check ' with a que   ( checque ). Maybe from a country in the Caribbean or an African nation..? Photo #1 Publishers Clearing House E-mail Scam Photo #2 Publishers Clearing House E-mail Scam Photo #3 Publishers Clearing House E-mail Scam

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank E-mail Scam

 This post contains an email scam posing to be from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and its fraud alert system. Its a clever one, as it even has a button to click on that states your online banking ha s been disabled.  The typical scam red flags are listed below. The email sender doesn't have a professional or properly worded name. NOTIFICATION ID 1180 isn't going to cut-it. Not to mention the subject header.  There are links in the email that have already been disabled.  The message states that your account has been disabled due to multiple incorrect log-in attempts. One would hope that the account holder knows about their failed log-in attempts, and already requested an account reset.  Side note: Hopefully nobody falls victim to this if they dont bank at this institution.      Photo #1   Photo #2 J.P. Morgan Chase Bank Fraud Alert E-mail Scam

Apple E-mail Payment & Shipment Scam

 This post involves an email scam involving Apple Inc. The email states that your payment has been processed and your shipment with your Apple Inc. product is shipped and on the way. Some obvious red flags are: ***The biggest red flag here is the fact that you should already know if you ordered a product from Apple Inc. *** The payment support email that is in the email itself is suspect,  judging by the length and format. It seems like it was auto generated. There is an invoice attachment with the email that's been disabled and cannot be downloaded.  The target email for this scam is addressed as the Bcc . and not the primary email address.  Take a look at the pictures below. Photo #1 Apple E-mail Payment & Shipment Scam Photo #2 Apple E-mail Payment & Shipment Scam