{"id":262,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Important-Information-About-Your-Credit-Card'-Phishing-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Important Information About Your Credit Card&#8217; Phishing Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This email, which is supposedly from credit card provider Visa, claims that the company has detected problems regarding your credit card and needs you to &#8220;verify \u00a0some informations&#8217; before you can use the card again.<\/p>\n<p>The email, which has the subject line&#8221;Important Information about \u00a0your card&#8221;, \u00a0 claims that your card has been temporarily locked for your security. \u00a0 It includes logos for both Visa and rival card provider Mastercard.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not from Visa or Mastercard and has no \u00a0connection to either company.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scams-anti-phishing-information\/\">phishing scam<\/a> designed to steal your credit card numbers and other personal \u00a0information. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> If you click the &#8220;re-activate my card&#8221; button, you will be taken to a fraudulent website that asks you to fill in a verification form. The form asks for your name and address details, your contact details, your credit card numbers, and other \u00a0identifying personal information.<\/p>\n<p>After you submit the fake form, you may see a message claiming that you have successfully verified your account and unlocked your card.<\/p>\n<p>But, the criminals who sent the scam email can now \u00a0harvest the information you provided and use it to commit credit card fraud and steal your identity.<\/p>\n<p>Phishing attacks<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/verified-by-visa-phishing-scam\/\"> like this<\/a> are common. \u00a0 Be wary of any email that claims that you must click a link or open an attached file to verify \u00a0your credit card details. Credit card providers such as Visa and Mastercard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visa.com.au\/pay-with-visa\/security\/fraud-prevention-tips.html\">will not send you emails of this nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Always login \u00a0to your online accounts \u00a0by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar or via a trusted app rather than by clicking an email link.<\/p>\n<h2>An example of the scam email:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/important-information-about-your-credit-card-phishing-email\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,958\" 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=\"credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1-251x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1.jpg\" alt=\"Credit Card Phishing Scam Email\" width=\"800\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1-500x599.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/credit-card-phishing-email-250518-1-585x701.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\/important-information-about-your-credit-card-phishing-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/important-information-about-your-credit-card-phishing-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This email, which is supposedly from credit card provider Visa, claims that the company has detected problems regarding your credit card and needs you to &#8220;verify \u00a0some informations&#8217; before you can use the card again. The email, which has the subject line&#8221;Important Information about \u00a0your card&#8221;, \u00a0 claims that your card has been temporarily locked [&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-262","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\/262"}],"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=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/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=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}