Phishing Examples: Samples of Fake Emails Regarding PayPal, Chase, Visa, Etc.

Phishing Examples

Click on the links below to see actual examples of phishing emails, and how they work! If you receive an email similar to the ones below, DO NOT click on the link, and do not enter any information on the forms there. Phishing is a fake email or website that attempts to gather your personal information for identity theft or fraud. Phishing scams usually use "spoofed" websites that look very much like the real websites, but are fake.  "Spoofing" refers to making a fake copy.

1. Generic scam email claiming to be from your company
2. From a company in Iraq: INVOICE FOR THE MONTH OF AUG-24
3. Generic email claiming "you have undelivered messages to your inbox"
4. Abbey National Bank (UK)
5. Amazon Account Locked scam email
6. Amazon.com (2010 version)
7. Amazon.com
8. Amazon, claiming Your account on hold, verify and update your account information (2020)
9. American Airlines ("Download your ticket")
10. American Airlines ("You can download your ticket")
11. American Express "Unauthorized use of card 390105" Scam
12. American Express ("Personal Security Key")
13. American Express ("Thanks for Updating Your Email Address")
14. American Express ("Fraud Protection Alert")")
15. AOL
16. AT&T - ("Your Online Bill is ready")
17. AT&T Wireless
18. Bank of America (2020 - 2021 version)
19. Bank of America
20. Bank of America - version 2
21. CapitalOne Your Disputed Transaction Is Now Available for Review Scam
22. Capital One Verify Recent Activity on Your Capital One Credit Card Scam.
23. Geek-Squad-Scam-Email.phpBest Buy Geek Squad scam
24. BlueMountain.com Ecard Email
25. Charles Schwab & Co
26. Chase
27. Chase Re: We've locked your account for your safety
28. Chase: IMPORTANT: Your Chase Online is Locked
29. Chase Bank ("lmportant message about your account")
30. Chase Online
31. Chase Online version 2
32. CitiBank
33. The Co-operative Bank p.l.c
34. Commerce Bank
35. CSRA (CSRA Federeal Credit Union)
36. CVS reward card
37. Dade County Federal Credit Union
38. Deutsche Post DHL
39. DHL
40. EDT Hosting
41. Experian
42. Express Mail Service
43. FDIC and VeriSign, Inc.
44. Federal Express / FedEx  ("Order Tracking")
45. Fifth Third Bank
46. Foxnews.com
47. German American Bank
48. GeekSquad fake invoice scam
49. Google Reward Prize "It's your lucky year". Maybe not, if you opened the attachment.
50. Halifax Bank Plc Email Scam
51. ICT Helpdesk
52. InterSwitch Nigeria Limited Email Scam
53. MailSupport - "Blocked Sent Message" got to love this scam for its simplicity. 
54. McAfee automatic renewal scam email and another version here
55. MacAfee - Symantec - fake invoice renewal and here is another version of the same scam
56. Microsoft Outlook
57. Monster Job Seeker Tool
58. NAFCU - National Association of Federal Credit Unions
59. National Credit Union Administration
60. Norton Lifelock Antivirus
61. Norton LifeLock
62. PayPal 2024 scam invoice sent by email
63. PayPal 2022 Example "Order Update"
64. PayPal 2021 example
65. PayPal (several variations)
66. RingCentral
67. Roundcube "E-mail notification"
68. Sam's Club Shopper survey scam
69. Sam's Club
70. Schwab Identity Verification Required.
71. Sooper Credit Union
72. SunTrust Bank
73. Tagged.com - (Your friend "Tagged" you)
74. UPS - many examples
75. US Airways
76. Visa
77. Wachovia Bank
78. WalMart "$50 Reward"
79. Wells Fargo Required Upgrade Scam email 
80. Wells Fargo Security Alert "We have suspended your online banking access"
81. Yahoo Mail, claiming "we are closing all old versions of Yahoo Mailbox"

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