{"id":1501,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1501"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Fake-EnergyAustralia-'Bill-Payment-Status'-Scam-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1501","title":{"rendered":"Fake EnergyAustralia &#8216;Bill Payment Status&#8217; Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Customers of energy company EnergyAustralia \u00a0are being targeted in an email scam campaign designed to trick them into divulging personal and financial information.  \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The email, which \u00a0has the subject &#8220;Bill Payment Status: UNPAID&#8221;, claims that there was a problem with the payment method the company has on file for you and your last bill was not paid.<\/p>\n<p>The email instructs \u00a0you to click a link to update your account information and avoid a late fee or service interruption.<\/p>\n<p>However, EnergyAustralia did not send the email and the &#8220;unpaid bill&#8221; claim is just a criminal ruse designed to trick you into clicking \u00a0the scam link.<\/p>\n<p>If you do click, you will be taken to a fraudulent website that asks for your credit card numbers, contact details, and other \u00a0personal information.  \u00a0This information can be collected by the criminals and used for credit card fraud and identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Australia has published a notice on its website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyaustralia.com.au\/about-us\/media\/news\/new-email-scam\">warning customers about the scam<\/a> and explaining what to do if you receive one of the scam emails.<\/p>\n<p>Fake energy bill emails like this one are also regularly<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/fake-origin-energy-bill-emails-links-malware\/\"> used to trick people into downloading malware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be very cautious of any unsolicited or unexpected \u00a0email from your energy company that instructs you to click a link or open an attached file to deal with an overdue bill or rectify a supposed \u00a0account issue.<\/p>\n<p>It is always safest to login to your account by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar.  \u00a0Genuine messages from the company will usually be accessible once you have logged on to your account. If in doubt, contact the company directly for advice. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>An example of the scam email:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-energy-australia-bill-payment-status-scam-email\/energy-australia-scam-email\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"energy-australia-scam-email\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email-300x250.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8454\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email.jpg\" alt=\"Energy Australia Scam Email\" width=\"800\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email-500x416.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/energy-australia-scam-email-585x487.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-energy-australia-bill-payment-status-scam-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-energy-australia-bill-payment-status-scam-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers of energy company EnergyAustralia \u00a0are being targeted in an email scam campaign designed to trick them into divulging personal and financial information. \u00a0 The email, which \u00a0has the subject &#8220;Bill Payment Status: UNPAID&#8221;, claims that there was a problem with the payment method the company has on file for you and your last bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}