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Title: PHISHING: Email account deactivation
Post by: Anne on August 26, 2011, 02:42:22 PM
Another phishing attempt seen this week:

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From: koch, anne [mailto:<email removed to prevent spam harvesting>]
Sent: 24 August 2011 11:59
Subject: Email Address Deactivation Warning!!!
 
THIS MESSAGE IS FROM OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM This message is sent automatically by the computer. If you are receiving this message it means that your email address has been queued for deactivation; this was as a result of a continuous error script (code:505)receiving from this email address. Click here and fill out the required field to resolve this problem Note: Failure to reset your email by ignoring this message or inputting wrong information will result to instant deactivation of this email address

The link in this message was to a domain which has now been disabled by the provider. It appears to be a phishing attempt to gain control of email accounts, so if you get one of these don't click the link!