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title: AGL phishing scam hits local inboxes
description: A new phishing email is hitting inboxes that impersonates energy company AGL and scams vulnerable people affected by recent storms and flooding into believing they could receive additional help with their bills.
image: http://www.mailguard.com.au/hubfs/security-phishing-100314300-orig-2.jpg
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# MailGuard In the News

## [AGL phishing scam hits local inboxes](https://www.mailguard.com.au/in-the-news/agl-phishing-scam-hits-local-inboxes)

Posted by [CIO.com.au](https://www.mailguard.com.au/in-the-news/author/cio-com-au) on Oct 14, 2016

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A new phishing email is hitting inboxes that impersonates energy company AGL and scams vulnerable people affected by recent storms and flooding into believing they could receive additional help with their bills.

[Read more on CIO.com](http://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2016/quickbooks-intuit-business-email-scam-compromise-invoice-fake-sme-cybersecurity/)[.au](http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/608283/meet-isvs-igniting-microsoft-channel-australia/)

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