{"id":886,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"American-Express-'Card-Not-Present'-Phishing-Scam-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=886","title":{"rendered":"American Express &#8216;Card Not Present&#8217; Phishing Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Email purporting to be from American Express claims that the recipient&#8217;s account was used to make a purchase, but the card was not presented during the transaction. The message suggests that the recipient click a link if he or she does not recognize the transaction. \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>Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>The email is not from American Express. It is a phishing scam designed to panic people into giving their credit card details and other personal information to cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>Example<br \/>\n<strong>Subject: Account Alert: Card Not Present Transaction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your account was used to make a purchase, however the Card was not presented to complete the transaction. This is usually the case with purchases made online or over the phone. If you do not recognize this transaction, please click here or visit our website at [Link removed].<\/p>\n<p>Transaction Date:<br \/>\nThu, Dec 05, 2013<br \/>\nPurchase Amount:<br \/>\n$7,800.82<br \/>\nMerchant Name:<\/p>\n<p>APPLE WEB STORE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amex-card-not-present.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/american-express-card-not-present-phishing-scam-email\/amex-card-not-present\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amex-card-not-present.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"490,591\" 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=\"amex-card-not-present\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amex-card-not-present-249x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amex-card-not-present.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amex-card-not-present.jpg\" alt=\"American Express Card Not Present Scam Email\" width=\"490\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amex-card-not-present.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amex-card-not-present-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>According to this email, which claims to be from credit card provider American Express, a &#8220;card not present&#8221; transaction has been made via the recipient&#8217;s account. The message notes that this is usually the case when purchases are made online, but suggests that the user click a link to visit the American Express website if he or she does not recognize the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>The email includes details of a supposed transaction via the Apple Web Store for a hefty $7,800.82.<\/p>\n<p>However, the message is not from American Express and the transaction details listed are not real. \u00a0 The email is designed to panic recipients into clicking the link without due caution. When faced with what they believe may be a fraudulent transaction for several thousand dollars, some recipients of the message are likely to hastily click the link in the hope of tracking down details of the transaction. \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> But, alas, the link does not go to the genuine American Express website. \u00a0 Instead, it opens a fake site designed to closely mirror the appearance of the real AmEx site. \u00a0 Once on the fake site, victims will be asked to provide credit card details and other personal and financial information. All of the details submitted will be harvested by criminals and used to commit credit fraud and identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>As with other financial entities, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/tag\/american-express\/\">American Express customers are regularly targeted<\/a> \u00a0in such phishing campaigns. Be wary of any email from your bank or credit card provider that tries to entice you to click a link or open an attached file.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scams-anti-phishing-information\/\">Phishing<\/a> \u00a0continues to be one of the most common types of Internet-based fraud.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/american-express-card-not-present-phishing-scam-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/american-express-card-not-present-phishing-scam-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Email purporting to be from American Express claims that the recipient&#8217;s account was used to make a purchase, but the card was not presented during the transaction. The message suggests that the recipient click a link if he or she does not recognize the transaction. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The email is not from American [&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-886","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\/886"}],"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=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/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=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}