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Global online payments system PayPal is once again the subject of a multi-staged phishing email scam.

On the eve of Christmas and the holiday festive period, a new email phishing scam is arriving in inboxes masquerading as PayPal. The HTML email which claims to come from ‘PayPal Support’ has the subject ‘[Urgent] Account Verification Required’ and it alerts recipients that ‘We noticed some unusual activity’ on your account.

Receiving an urgent email from one of the world’s leading brands may cause you to sit up and take notice, but sometimes it also calls for a critical need to be more vigilant before taking action.

Invoices can be very costly indeed – and not always in the traditional sense. A recent phishing invoice email scam detected by MailGuard is designed to trick victims into revealing their confidential data.

MailGuard has discovered a phishing email scam that is targeting inboxes across Australia.

MailGuard has detected a new phishing email scam that uses an ‘audio file’ to deliver a phishing attack.

Exercise caution if you receive an email supposedly from Commonwealth Bank – the bank has been spoofed via a new multi-staged phishing email scam. The hallmark of this scam lies in not only how well-crafted it is, but how it ironically utilises multiple safety features to steal confidential data of users.

MailGuard has intercepted multiple variations of an email scam impersonating global online payments system, PayPal. Sent via malicious domains originating overseas, these emails contain links that are suspected to harvest users’ confidential details.

Cybercriminals have once again exploited Westpac Bank’s trademarks in a phishing email scam.

It might sound exciting to receive an email announcing an unexpected gift, but don’t be too quick to follow its instructions – your surprise might just turn into a bit of a shock.

Netflix users, don’t panic if you receive an email claiming your Netflix subscription has been cancelled. The popular entertainment company has once again been spoofed by cybercriminals in a phishing email scam.

MailGuard has intercepted a phishing email scam impersonating global online payments system, PayPal. The scam was first detected on Thursday 19^th September around midday (AEST).

Another Busy Week on the Frontlines of Cybercrime Prevention

There's no rest for cyber-crime-fighters. Criminals are firing out emails at the rate of millions a minute, so keeping our client's inboxes clean and safe is a non-stop job. 

Yesterday, our CEO Craig McDonald published a post addressing the notorious fake Netflix email scam that's sweeping across the net. 
Our systems first detected this latest barrage of fake Netflix emails on Friday of last week and promptly stopped the malicious emails from entering our client’s inboxes. 

A brazen new PayPal phishing email attempts to steal a range of private information including ATM pins and credit card details.

A fake website designed to mimic the official PayPal site is being used in a ploy to steal recipients’ log-in details and credit card information.