Fake Branded Account Login Scam

A page uses a well-known company's name and colours and asks you to sign in or register with a username, phone number or email, and a password, on an address that is not that company's website. Anything entered goes to whoever set up the page.

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Fake Branded Account Login Scam example

How this scam works

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    Step 1: A link or page uses a familiar company's name, logo or colours.

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    Step 2: The address is not the company's real website, even when the brand name is part of the address.

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    Step 3: The page asks you to sign in or register with a username, phone number or email, and a password.

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    Step 4: Details entered on that page go to whoever set it up, not to the company being copied. The documented variation does not establish a completed sign-in.

✓ Do this

  • Open the real company's app or type its official website address yourself before signing in.
  • Look at the full web address, not only the logo or the colours.
  • If you already entered a password, change it on the real account from a device you trust.

✗ Avoid this

  • Do not enter your password on a page you reached from an unexpected link or a look-alike address.
  • Do not trust a login page because it uses a familiar name or colour scheme.
  • Do not reuse that password on other accounts if you already typed it in.

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