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. Geek-Squad-Scam-Email.phpBest Buy Geek Squad scam
22. BlueMountain.com Ecard Email
23. Charles Schwab & Co
24. Chase
25. Chase Re: We've locked your account for your safety
26. Chase: IMPORTANT: Your Chase Online is Locked
27. Chase Bank ("lmportant message about your account")
28. Chase Online
29. Chase Online version 2
30. CitiBank
31. The Co-operative Bank p.l.c
32. Commerce Bank
33. CSRA (CSRA Federeal Credit Union)
34. CVS reward card
35. Dade County Federal Credit Union
36. Deutsche Post DHL
37. DHL
38. EDT Hosting
39. Experian
40. Express Mail Service
41. FDIC and VeriSign, Inc.
42. Federal Express / FedEx  ("Order Tracking")
43. Fifth Third Bank
44. Foxnews.com
45. German American Bank
46. Google Reward Prize "It's your lucky year". Maybe not, if you opened the attachment.
47. Halifax Bank Plc Email Scam
48. ICT Helpdesk
49. InterSwitch Nigeria Limited Email Scam
50. MailSupport - "Blocked Sent Message" got to love this scam for its simplicity. 
51. MacAfee - Symantec - fake invoice renewal and here is another version of the same scam
52. Microsoft Outlook
53. Monster Job Seeker Tool
54. NAFCU - National Association of Federal Credit Unions
55. National Credit Union Administration
56. Norton LifeLock
57. PayPal 2024 scam invoice sent by email
58. PayPal 2022 Example "Order Update"
59. PayPal 2021 example
60. PayPal (several variations)
61. RingCentral
62. Roundcube "E-mail notification"
63. Sam's Club Shopper survey scam
64. Sam's Club
65. Sooper Credit Union
66. SunTrust Bank
67. Tagged.com - (Your friend "Tagged" you)
68. UPS - many examples
69. US Airways
70. Visa
71. Wachovia Bank
72. WalMart "$50 Reward"
73. Wells Fargo Required Upgrade Scam email 
74. Wells Fargo Security Alert "We have suspended your online banking access"
75. Yahoo Mail, claiming "we are closing all old versions of Yahoo Mailbox"

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