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This article is from Trend Micro.
This week we’ve found a large number of scams that you need to watch out for, including ones relating to iPhone 14, Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon, Netflix, LinkedIn, FedEx, and MORE. Would you have been able to spot all the scams?
Impersonating famous brands, scammers send out fake text messages containing phishing links and try to entice you into opening them with various lies. So where do scammers want to take you to?
Phishing links will often lead to online survey pages that state you can claim a gift by filling out an online questionnaire. Below are some common scams with examples:
Raffles and sweepstakes are both commonly seen in phishing scams. Scammers create irresistible but too-good-to-be-true offers to lure you into joining their fake campaigns.
Yeah, it’s only been around a week since the launch of the iPhone 14, but there are already tens of thousands of raffle scams featuring it as a reward. Scammers pose as well-known companies like T-Mobile, and hold fake anniversary campaigns or just send you malicious messages randomly:
Of course, there’s no gift, and your personal information could be stolen — that’s the scammers’ goal. With it, they can steal your money, take control of your bank account, or commit identity theft. Be careful!
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Walmart scams just never disappear! This week we detected a lot of text messages promoting fake Walmart sweepstakes campaigns:
You could end up exposing your credit card details along with other sensitive information. Don’t get scammed!
Sometimes scammers falsely claim that you can get a gift card directly, but again, by completing an online survey. This week we noticed a rise in fake Home Depot gift card text messages:
You know what will happen next. Don’t submit any personal information!
Besides online survey pages, phishing links will also often take you to fake login pages that will end up asking you for your personal information and login credentials.
Are you an Amazon Prime member? Falsely claiming that there are technical issues with your Amazon Prime membership, scammers pose as Amazon and instruct you to take action to verify your account via the embedded button.
Fake Amazon Prime email. Source: Reddit
If you take a close look at the fake email above, you can see that the sender’s email address domain doesn’t belong to Amazon. If you were to miss the red flag and click the button, you would be led to a fake Amazon login page where scammers can record everything you submit. Watch out!
We’ve reported on Netflix phishing scams numerous times before. This week we saw a new wave of them. Posing as Netflix, scammers send fake notifications, trying to convince you that there are some issues with your Netflix payment or billing information:
Sample fake Netflix email
Sample fake Netflix email
These buttons take you to a fake Netflix login page. Don’t click!
Received an email saying that your iCloud storage is full? Wait a second; it is not even a legitimate iCloud email!
The button will take you to one of a few random fake login pages. Don’t submit any credentials!
LinkedIn scams are also not new to us. This week 2 different examples were circulating:
Check the senders’ email addresses closely — none of them are genuine!
No matter what the scammers’ lies are, the links in these emails take you to a fake LinkedIn login page. Beware!
Sample fake LinkedIn login page
Some scam emails don’t contain any phishing links, but they urge you to reply to them with your personal information. As we’ve stressed several times, don’t get scammed!
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