Tag Archives: email
Welcome to western union money transfer inc
Sometimes we get scam spam emails that just make us wonder what the heck the scammers were thinking – or not. That is oh so true of today’s attempted scam spam email purporting to be from Western Union. Some scams are just so obvious (or at least should be) and this one is no exception. [...]
Online Access Password Reset Confirmation
Brand new email scam targeting Canadians who bank online via TD Bank’s EasyWeb services. Made to look official this email scam looks to steal your login details. The email attempts to convince you to click on the links contained within it and be lead to a specially crafted website in order to steal your EasyWeb [...]
BBC News Article Email
Warning – this email just dropped into our email inbox and it’s an easy one to spot but for those with email clients that don’t show the destination for links contained in the body of the email, they may click on the link. The link claims to lead to a BBC News article but instead [...]
Scotiabank Alert: Your ScotiaCard Was Used – Email Scam
This for us was an easy scam to identify – we don’t even have nor use any type of Scotia Bank product or service so how could we have our card used by someone who should not have? That’s right – it’s a blanket spam email used to find the few that do have a [...]
TD Canada Trust Email Scam
This TD Canada Trust email scam just dropped into our inbox. It has the usual tell-tale signs of a scam but it is better crafted than most email scams. They want you to believe that your online banking account at TD Canada Trust has been the target of an attempted break-in and as such you [...]
PayPal Scams Via Email
PayPal scams via email are a topic we haven’t touched on much because it has been covered to death by other security groups/people. But the very latest PayPal scam email that just landed in our inbox is just to funny to pass up. These guys are idiots. You can tell it is a rank amateur [...]
Lucky Seven Email Scam
This email scam just dropped into our email inbox and wow what a surprise – it is just like all the other scam emails which find their way into our lives via email. As with all scam emails this one has tell-tale signs that should alert you to the scam they are trying. This is [...]
SCOTIA BANK AND ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Beware of this brand new email scam targeting Canadians who use either the Scotia Bank or the Royal Bank of Canada. This email targets both at once and for the savvy user that should be enough to throw up red flags. As you know these two banks are separate entities would not send an email [...]
How To Identify Fake Canadian Government Websites
Get Rich Fast was asked today by a reader to help identify a fake website purporting to be a government of Canada website, and that question was the inspiration for this post. Here is how to identify and protect yourself from a fake Canadian government website as sent by email scammers. Often the scam will [...]