Tech & Online Accounts scams
Account takeover scams want one thing: your password or a sign-in code. Everything else is decoration.
Paste the sender's email address, the link, or the website from the message.
Know the pattern
The most common tech & online accounts scams
Your account will be disabled
A message says your account will be locked unless you verify it, with a link to a fake sign-in page.
Fake security warning
A pop-up or call says your device is infected and tells you to call support. Genuine system error messages do not ask you to phone anyone.
Storage full or payment failed
You are told your cloud storage is full or your subscription payment failed, with a link to fix it.
10 brands monitored daily
Check a specific company
Microsoft
microsoft.com, microsoftonline.com, office.com
Apple
apple.com
google.com
Adobe
adobe.com
Dropbox
dropbox.com, dropboxmail.com
DocuSign
docusign.com, docusign.net
Zoom
zoom.us, zoom.com
OpenAI (ChatGPT)
openai.com, chatgpt.com
Steam
steampowered.com, steamcommunity.com
Roblox
roblox.com
Help stop it
Where to report a scam
United Kingdom
- Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk
- Forward scam texts to 7726
United States
- Report to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov
- Forward phishing emails to reportphishing@apwg.org
- Forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM)
Canada
- Report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
- Forward scam texts to 7726
Australia
- Report to Scamwatch at scamwatch.gov.au
- Report cybercrime through ReportCyber at cyber.gov.au
India
- Report at cybercrime.gov.in or call the 1930 helpline
Germany
- Forward phishing emails to the Phishing-Radar at phishing@verbraucherzentrale.nrw
Switzerland
- Report phishing websites at antiphishing.ch
Anywhere
- Report phishing websites to Google Safe Browsing at safebrowsing.google.com
- Tell the company through its official website or app
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