Scam Awareness Examples
Curated examples of common scam campaigns from public advisories — with the red flags to watch for.
Know the Threat Before It Finds You
These examples illustrate common campaign patterns. Apply the red flags to your own messages, and use the scanner for a personal assessment.
Proactive Protection
Knowing common campaign types helps you recognize the tactics before a scammer reaches you.
Public Advisory Examples
These examples are illustrated from public advisories by CERT-In, FBI IC3, Europol EC3, NCSC, and similar organizations. They are meant to help you spot patterns, not as live outbreak reports.
Recurring patterns
Attackers reuse proven templates. These examples were last reviewed in September 2026 — they are not a live outbreak feed.
How to Use These
Use the region and category filters to find campaign types relevant to you, then review the sample messages and red flags.
How to Use This Intelligence
- Check the region and category filters to focus on threats relevant to you.
- Read the Sample Message to learn wording scammers reuse in this campaign type.
- Memorize the Red Flags so the same tactics set off alarm bells in your own inbox.
- Share a relevant alert with family or colleagues who may be targeted by that campaign.
- Run anything matching these patterns through the Scam Check scanner for a personal risk assessment.
Curated examples from public advisories, last reviewed September 2026. This is not a live intelligence feed.