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Articles describing Phishing attacks I've seen or received. This page lists all posts in the category, in reverse chronological order.

• Note: An AI Generated pill displayed in the list below indicates that the post description displayed on the page was generated from the post content using Generative AI (GenAI). The post content itself was written by a human (me).

• Update Amazon Payment Information Scam

  Posted Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 03:19 PM  in Phishing
  

  AI Generated   I got a phishing email that looked very convincing on my phone, but once I read it closely I saw it was fake. The subject claimed I needed to update my Amazon payment information, while the body said my account was locked for unusual sign-in activity and then oddly told me I could ignore the email. I also noticed the reply-to address was clearly not Amazon, and the fake copyright notice at the bottom was another giveaway. The main takeaway is to be cautious and never click links in suspicious emails.

• Really Stupid Phishing Attempt

  Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 04:56 PM  in Phishing
  

  AI Generated   I got a clearly phishing email pretending to be a password reset notice for my domain. It was easy to spot because it used my domain in a way that didn’t match how my hosting actually works, had no branding or personal greeting, and the links pointed to a completely unrelated URL.

• Inappropriate GitHub Solicitation

  Posted Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 09:24 AM  in Miscellaneous, Phishing
  

  AI Generated   I got a suspicious email from someone named James Ferry proposing a “partnership” where I’d use my profile to land US jobs while he did the work and we’d split the money. At first it just seemed shady and unprofessional, but then I noticed red flags.

• Robinhood Withdrawal Attempt Detected

  Posted Monday, January 5, 2026 at 07:05 AM  in Phishing
  

  AI Generated   I received a phishing email that pretended to be from Robinhood and warned me about a withdrawal attempt, urging me to call a phone number to “take action.” It looked suspicious because I don’t even have a Robinhood account, the sender was a Brazilian wireless provider email address, and the phone number was formatted to target non-U.S. users.

• Phishing Marriott Pillow Promotion

  Posted Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 07:38 AM  in Phishing
  

  I received a lot of new spam and phishing messages lately; I have some analysis articles queued up to write. For this post, I'm writing about a very professional looking phishing email that appears to be from Marriott. I'll prove here that the message is not from Marriott and they're not giving customers free pillows.

• Phishing American Express Message Ready to View

  Posted Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM  in Phishing
  

  I received an email message the other day that seemed to be from American Express, but wasn't.

• Amazon Prime Invoice Scam

  Posted Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 07:25 AM  in Phishing
  

  Received a scam/phishing email the other day that really surprised me. The message is so clearly a scam that I wonder why they even bothered to send it. Here's the email message:

• Phishing Email Elon Electronic Device

  Posted Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM  in Phishing
  

  An interesting email showed up in my inbox this morning. Interesting because it appears to be from Oracle (and I work for Oracle) but there's a whole bunch of weirdness about the message. Take a look, here's the message:

• Amazon Refundable Order Scam

  Posted Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 07:34 AM  in Phishing
  

  I received an interesting text message the other day purporting to be a message from Amazon letting me know about a "refundable order that needs to be processed." I could tell immediately that it was a scam or phishing attempt, so I thought I'd share what I saw.

• Parkit Scam

  Posted Monday, December 23, 2024 at 07:03 AM  in Phishing
  

  I received an interesting phishing/scam text message this morning. It seemed to come from a Charlotte Parking company notifying me of an unpaid parking invoice in the amount of $4.35 but there were a lot of things about the message that made me realize it was a scam.

• 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.

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