Phishing

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  • American Express Contact Details Scam

    Posted Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 10:12 AM  in Phishing

    I received an interesting email today that seemed to be from American Express indicating that someone (most likely a hacker) updated the phone number associated with my account. The email subject said: "Request To Update Your Contact Details Was Successful." and I almost panicked and clicked the link before I gave this careful thought.

  • Scammers Getting Slightly Smarter

    Posted Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 07:18 PM  in Phishing

    In Postal Scam Urtye dot com, I pointed out a lot of different ways you can easily tell when a text message you receive is crap. I received a lot more of those types of text messages lately and it's fun to watch them evolve.

  • Spam Chase Auto Pay Disabled

    Posted Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 07:31 AM  in Phishing

    I received another supposed Chase Bank Phishing email the other day and thought I'd spend some time analyzing it.

  • Spam Chase Bank Autopay Halted

    Posted Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 03:35 PM  in Phishing

    I received a phishing attempt the other day and thought I'd poke some holes in it.

  • Postal Scam Urtye dot com

    Posted Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 08:21 AM  in Phishing

    I received an interesting text message yesterday that is clearly a scam. Just in case others received a similar message, I assume many did, this post tears down the message proving its a scam.

  • Package Could Not Be Delivered Spam

    Posted January 12, 2024  in Phishing

    It's been a long time since I've torn apart a spam message here. My daughter sent me a screen shot of a text message she received yesterday (supposedly from the United States Postal Service (USPS) and I thought I'd share the screen shot and debunk it.