{"id":359,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=359"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Unsuccessful-Telstra-Direct-Debit'-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unsuccessful Telstra Direct Debit&#8217; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Scammers are again targeting \u00a0customers of Australian telecommunications giant \u00a0Telstra.<\/p>\n<p>People have reported receiving \u00a0a Telstra branded email claiming that a recent direct debit payment was unsuccessful. The email urges recipients to pay the missed bill and update their details by clicking a link.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its appearance, the email is not from Telstra, and the link does not open the Telstra website.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the email is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scams-anti-phishing-information\/\">phishing scam<\/a> designed to steal Telstra account login credentials, credit card details, \u00a0and other personal information. \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> Clicking the link opens a fraudulent website that looks almost identical to the legitimate Telstra website. \u00a0 Once on the fake site, users are asked to log in with their \u00a0Telstra email address and password. \u00a0 After logging in, they will be instructed to fill in a &#8220;Payment Update&#8221; form that asks for their name and address, date of birth, credit card numbers, credit limit, Telstra account number, \u00a0and other \u00a0identifying information.<\/p>\n<p>After submitting the form, an &#8220;update successful&#8221; message appears. Clicking \u00a0the &#8220;Finish button on the message opens the official Telstra website.<\/p>\n<p>People who complete the form may thus be unaware that they have \u00a0just handed their personal and financial information to online criminals who will use it to hijack Telstra accounts, commit credit card fraud, and steal the identities of victims.<\/p>\n<p>Be cautious of any email purporting to be from Telstra that claims that you must click a link or open an attached file to update account information, correct a billing error or avoid a suspension of service. \u00a0 If you<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/tag\/telstra\/\"> receive one of these emails<\/a>, do not click any links or open any attachments that it contains.<\/p>\n<p>The Telstra help files include information about \u00a0<a title=\"Telstra - Phishing or Hoax Email Scams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telstra.com.au\/support\/category\/email\/manage\/phishing-or-hoax-email-scams\">recognising and reporting<\/a> \u00a0such scam attempts.<\/p>\n<h2>A screenshot of the scam email:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/unsuccessful-telstra-direct-debit-phishing-scam\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,854\" 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=\"telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1-211x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1.jpg\" alt=\"Telstra Phishing Scam Email\" width=\"600\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1-500x712.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/telstra-direct-debit-payment-phishing-scam-120219-1-585x833.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/unsuccessful-telstra-direct-debit-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/unsuccessful-telstra-direct-debit-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers are again targeting \u00a0customers of Australian telecommunications giant \u00a0Telstra. People have reported receiving \u00a0a Telstra branded email claiming that a recent direct debit payment was unsuccessful. The email urges recipients to pay the missed bill and update their details by clicking a link. Despite its appearance, the email is not from Telstra, and the [&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-359","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\/359"}],"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=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/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=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}