8 Worst Phishing Scams Of All Time!

Remember, you are never protected from online scams which keep flooding your message and email inboxes. If you are thinking that you have seen enough and the circumstances cannot get worse now, you are absolutely mistaken as a fresh incident can take place any time. Here are the worst phishing scams which are also the most famous ones:

1. Funeral notification phishing scam: 

The most basic fears of people are the highest points of exploitation among scammers. Sudden notifications arrive that one of your loved ones is no more. Such messages come from funeral homes and the recipient is notified that the funeral will take place soon. A link is provided too to view the invitation and more information about the ceremony.

2. Court notice: 

Scammers send phishing emails which claim to be coming from a law firm and such emails ask you to appear in court and you have to click on a link to view a copy of the court notice. As soon as you click on the link, you are downloading and installing malware.

3. Wells Fargo and Bank of America Scam: 

This scam was a brainchild of Kenneth Joseph Lucas, Nichole Michelle Merzi, and Jonathan Preston Clark and it was a multi-million-dollar money laundering scheme which required help of Egyptian syndicate members. It's one of the biggest phishing scams in history and it was busted by FBI.

4. PayPal Scam: 

PayPal spam which requested for confirmation or validation on your part and it was followed by a link to the spoofed site. This is a notorious spam email and PayPal has tried hard to stop it from spreading further. But it's still there. The mail used to contain Mimail worm in early days.

5. Ebola Virus as Bait: 

When Ebola virus grew popular in 2014, the US-CERT issued a warning against email and cyber campaigns which used the virus outbreak as a theme too.

6. eBay troubles: 

eBay faced a loss of 145 million credentials last year. Users were sent an email by the company which asked to click them on a link and it made the customers easy targets.

7. Commercial Web Bank Scam: 

It offers an SSL certificate update. The email claims that the update will expire in five days if not installed immediately. The emails have news item version and downloadable link version. It uses all the phishing innovations.

8. Nude celebrity photos scam: 

The nude pictures of Hollywood celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence exposed a serious bug in iCloud. When the news about the bug spread, phishers started exploiting it furthermore. 



Courtesy:- EFYTIMES News Network