Thursday, November 27, 2025

TD Phishing email with subject Official Compliance Communication - Immediate Renewal of W-8BEN Form Required


For the record, this is
TD phishing email attempt that is recently going around, with subject "Official Compliance Communication - Immediate Renewal of W-8BEN Form Required" 


What to do?  Report them, go to bottom of page. 



From : TD Direct Investing <notify@epplhb.com>
Subject : 
Official Compliance Communication - Immediate Renewal of W-8BEN Form Required





PHISHING LINKs;

1. Hover over image

https://jpikwsr.com/?token=xxxxxxxx 


How to tell this is a Phishing email?

  1. Check email address in full, if it's not from originating company then it's phishing.
  2. Hover over all links in email, if it's not from the  company's website then forget it.
  3. The best way is to 

How to examine Email Message Source ?

Now lets look at message source
  1. Outlook.com->Actions->View Message Source. 
  2. Gmail.com->More (down arrow to top right)->Show original.
Check for suspicious links, anything that does not originate from original domain, like apple.com.


Report Phishing Email (not as Spam)

  1. Outlook.com->Junk (at Top)->Phishing Scam
  2. Gmail.com->More (down-arrow to top right)->Report Phishing 

Report Phishing

If you have recievied this email take further 

  1. https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/


Report phishing at Microsoft and government agencies

  1. http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-faq.aspx

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