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Southwest Airlines, Coinbase, and USPS: Top Scams of the Week

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This week we’ve found lots of phishing scams in which scammers are impersonating trusted brands, including Southwest Airlines, Coinbase, and USPS. Would you have been able to spot all these scams?  

Phishing Scams

Impersonating trusted brands, scammers send text messages and emails containing phishing links, attempting to trick you into clicking under various pretenses, e.g. offering you a free gift, asking you to verify accounts, or prompting you to track a package.

What do they want? These links lead to phishing sites designed to record your personal identifiable informatin (PII), such as email address, credit card number, and Social Security number. With these credentials, scammers can drain your bank account, steal your identity, or commit any number of other crimes. Below are some examples.

Southwest Airlines

Have you started planning for a trip during the Holiday season? If you’re searching for the best deals on tickets, be careful of the latest Southwest Airlines phishing scam:

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Falsely claiming that you can get a $100 Southwest Airlines gift card, scammers instruct you to fill out their online survey via the embedded button in the email. If you take the bait and click, it will take you to a fake Southwest Airlines page that will collect all the data you’ve submitted. Don’t let that happen!

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Coinbase

If you are using Coinbase or looking to invest in cryptocurrency, you should be on the lookout for bogus Coinbase emails:

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Posing as Coinbase, scammers will send you a fake notification stating that you’ve received some bitcoins in your wallet and that you…

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MetaMask, USPS, Netflix, Costco, PayPal, and MORE — Top Phishing Scams of the Week

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This week we’ve found a large number of scams that you need to watch out for, including ones relating to MetaMask, USPS, Netflix, Costco, PayPal, 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. Below are some examples.

Fake Security Alert

These phishing links will take you to fake login pages that will end up asking you for personal information and login credentials:

#1 – Metamask Restriction Email Scam

A few months ago, we reported on fake MetaMask emails containing phishing links — and now they are circulating again. Telling you that there is “something unusual” about your MetaMask wallet, scammers try to convince you to click on the attached link to “Review Activity” and secure your account:

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They even provide the legitimate MetaMask web address (domain: metamask.io) at the bottom of the email to make it more convincing. However, if you click on the button, you will be led to a fake MetaMask security alert page:

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Fake MetaMask page

Sample fake MetaMask URL:

If you proceed as instructed, the page will ask you to enter your MetaMask credentials (phrase, keystore, or private key) to recover your account.

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Fake MetaMask page

If you fall for this trick, scammers can hack into your MetaMask wallet and transfer every “bit” away. What’s worse, since cryptocurrencies are decentralized, it would be nearly impossible to get them back! Be careful!

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#2 – Netflix Payment Declined Text Scam

Fake Netflix text messages about issues…

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EFF challenges patent troll’s vaporous claim to the emailing of USPS tracking numbers

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So we live in a world where a guy can’t begin to sell vaping-related goods over the Internet without being shaken down by a patent troll claiming a legal right to the courtesy of sending USPS tracking codes via email.

From an Electronic Frontier Foundation press release:

In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, EFF is representing Jason Cugle, who last year began running a small business selling accessories for electronic cigarettes. Cugle, a Maryland resident, received a letter accusing his company and website (Triple7vaping.com) of violating Shipping & Transit’s patents, which relate to ideas for monitoring and reporting the status of delivery vehicles. Cugle simply sent customer shipments through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and manually emailed each customer a message saying the package had been shipped and providing the USPS tracking number. Florida-based Shipping & Transit claims its patents cover a variety of methods of notifying people when a vehicle is about to reach its destination, including Cugle’s.

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Network World Paul McNamara