The latest phish to go around arrives in your inbox as a Microsoft Azure Alert: This email is quite convincing. The sender’s address truly is from a Microsoft.com domain, so it is likely to skirt your spam filter. It uses real Microsoft graphics and links. The language is fairly clean. There’s a lot of truthiness … Read more
We have a growing problem in 2026 with Account Takeover Fraud. Account Takeover (ATO) fraud is when a bad actor logs into someone else’s online account, and changes all of the login/security information. This locks out the true owner of the account, and gives the the criminal power to do anything s/he wants with it. … Read more
Docusign is a legitimate company that we may use to electronically submit signatures on documents. It’s quick and convenient and just as legally binding as ink on paper. You’ll probably encounter Docusign when finishing out a mortgage or working with a CPA to prepare your taxes. And also in Docusign Phishing emails… As phishing goes, … Read more
Here’s some more Netflix phishing for you to look out for. This bogus email isn’t too convincing at first: But for anyone who clicks that button (DON’T!), the next page that loads is almost spot-on as an impostor: The giveaway on that fake site would be the strange URL, but I can understand how people … Read more
The scammers have some good timing. Many Costco members are seeing their special Visa rebate notices come in this month. So it makes sense that this Costco Membership Phishing circulate at the same time: To be clear: the pictured email is a fake, and not to be trusted. Even though it says “Trusted Sender”, this … Read more
I’m not into cryptocurrency, but I know that some of you are, so this one is important for you! I’d like to you be aware of and familiar with this phishing attempt. Check out this example of a Ledger Cryptocurrency Phishing email: As fake emails go, I’d say this one is fairly sharp. No misspellings … Read more
Meta/Facebook/Instagram all offer various “badges” to their users and customers. Some are for free, while others you have to pay a subscription fee to get. But please be warned: If you get an email that says you’ve been granted a free badge, it is probably a scam. Here are more details on Facebook Badge phishing: … Read more
A sneaky way of getting people to click on spam is to send a note that claims “your email couldn’t be delivered.” Let me show you some examples of the subtle Undeliverable Phishing that I’m seeing these days: As spam goes, these are pretty convincing. The sender addresses usually look legit, and the undeliverable-verbiage is … Read more
A customer recently shared this targeted phishing attempt with me, and I want to walk you through it. As phishing goes, it’s a bit more sophisticated than usual. Check out the details so you’ll be ready to sidestep this if it comes to your inbox. More Tailored than Other Scams I mention “targeted” because the … Read more
The latest wacky text to make the rounds is about some Powerball jackpot that a Good Samaritan wants to give away. This Lottery Winner smishing scam should be obvious to most. I hope you don’t fall for it! This scheme is just a remix of that classic chain letter, from the Nigerian King who wants … Read more