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





ALSO, SHAME ON TD



TD took Epstein's money after Deutsche Bank severed ties with the disgraced financier, source says | Financial Post


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 examine email message source.

How to examine Email Message Source?

Now let's 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 received 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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