{"id":418,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Your-Transaction-Received'-Binary-Options-Scam-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Your Transaction Received&#8217; Binary Options Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to an email that I received today, my transaction has been received and I have an account balance of \u00a0$1725.45. \u00a0 Supposedly, I can click a link and fill in a form to get this money. \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<h2>Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the email:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/your-transaction-received-binary-options-scam-email\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,175\" 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=\"binary-option-scam-email-161018-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1-300x88.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1.jpg\" alt=\"Binary Options Scam Email\" width=\"600\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1-500x146.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/binary-option-scam-email-161018-1-585x171.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The email contains no information about where the money came from or what transaction it is associated with.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it urges me to click a link to get my funds. Which, of course, is exactly what the scammers who sent the email want me to do.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking the link opened a Google Docs file that contained yet another link.<\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the scam \u00a0Google \u00a0Docs page:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22369\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/your-transaction-received-binary-options-scam-email\/sign-up-binary-options-scam\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,305\" 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=\"sign-up-binary-options-scam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam-300x153.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam.jpg\" alt=\"Binary Options Scam Google Doc Sign Up\" width=\"600\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam-500x254.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/sign-up-binary-options-scam-585x297.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clicking the &#8220;Sign Up&#8221; link in the document opened a decidedly dodgy website that claims that I will become wealthy by creating an account and using the company&#8217;s special software to trade on the stock market.<\/p>\n<p>But, in fact, the site is just another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\/news\/dont-be-lured-into-binary-options-scams\">binary options scam<\/a> \u00a0and its outlandish claims are nonsense \u00a0designed to fool people into participating \u00a0in a scheme that will steal their money and personal information.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, there is no \u00a0account balance of \u00a0$1725.45. That is just the bait used to entice people to click through to the scam website. \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> There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/outstanding-balance-binary-options-scam\/\">many variations<\/a> of these emails. The amount of money supposedly waiting for you and other details may vary in different versions. But, they are all designed to trick \u00a0people into falling for binary options scams. Some versions are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/your-current-balance-sms-spam-opens-bitcoin-binary-options-scam-website\/\">distributed via SMS<\/a> rather than email. \u00a0 If you receive one of these emails, just hit delete.<\/p>\n<p>I discuss binary options scams in more detail \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/funds-credited-your-account-spam\/\">in this earlier Hoax-Slayer report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/your-transaction-received-binary-options-scam-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/your-transaction-received-binary-options-scam-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to an email that I received today, my transaction has been received and I have an account balance of \u00a0$1725.45. \u00a0 Supposedly, I can click a link and fill in a form to get this money. \u00a0 Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the email: The email contains no information about where the money came from [&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-418","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\/418"}],"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=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/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=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}