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New Phishing Scam Targets Verizon Online Customers |
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Verizon Online has been made aware of a new phishing scam targeting Verizon customers. This scam attempts to lure customers to a fraudulent web site to input personal information and/or download virus infected programs. If you receive an e-mail similar to the following example, do not respond or click any links. Please delete it immediately. Verizon will never ask for personal or account information in email.
Please note the content of the message may very slightly.
Do not open any attachment, or provide any data, to the web site contained within this report.
Phishing Scam email Fake message
From: "helpdesk@verizon.net"
Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 5:00:01 PM
Subject: Dear Verizon Web User
Dear Verizon Web User,
The Web management is happy to notify you about our email services
upgrade.
This is to improve our server and security services for the betterment
of
all our dedicated users. This is important for all subscribers.
We need the following for your email account upgrade:
Full Name:
Email Username:
Email Password:
You have limited time to supply the above details for effective services
by
replying to this email, any delay or incorrect username or password, may
cause our server to automatically log you out from our system.
Kind regards,
The Webmail Service Team.
Copyright 2010(c) Verizon All Rights Reserved
Use of Verizon Online Internet access services and Web sites are subject
to user
compliance with our Policies and Terms of Service
Phishing Scam email Fake message
From: VERIZON CUSTOMERS SERVICE
Reply-To:
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:16:41 +1300
To:
Subject: PLEASE PROTECT YOUR VERIZON ACCOUNT FROM BEING CLOSED
Greetings to you,
This is to formally notify you that we are presently working on the
verizon web, and this can
close your webmail account with verizon completely.
To avoid this, please send your surname and password to verizon
customer care email
address:(web_$munged$centre@live.com) Please do this,so your
verizon account can be
protected from being close.
Your immediate response is highly needed.
Phishing Scam email Fake message
From: Verizon OnLine Service [mailto:$munged$@verizon.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 3:18 AM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Attention: Verizon Email Users
Attention: Verizon Email Users
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause our e-mail users.
We are upgrading our data base storage facility without shutting down the
old Server(SO28970F) to a new and better Server(SO31668B),hence the reason
for the request and notification. We apologize for any inconvenience this
will cause our respected email users. You are to fill the details below to
enable us upgrade and verify from the old server. It is secured and safe
and you can change your information 96 hours after you receive email from
us of confirmation.
INFORMATION NEEDED FROM OUR E-MAIL USERS BELOW
User name : .....
Password : .....
Address : ........
City :............
Respected::: Account owner that does not update his or her account within a
given period of time after receiving this Notification will make most of
our services to you inactive. Thank you for using Verizon Online Email.
Notification
Code:TTR1V43HDA Help Desk Verizon
Phishing Scam email Fake message
From: Verizon Customer Support
Subject: Your Verizon Email account is temporarily limited
To:
Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 2:34 PM
Your Account Limited
We regret to inform you that access to your Verizon Email account has been temporarily
limited.
This has been done due to several failed log-in attempts.
Case ID: VER-9023-34-09
To restore your account please log-in correctly. Click here
www.url_sanitized/moduel/verizon/index.htm
If you fail to log-in correctly your account will be permanently suspended.
You will be able to register again for Verizon account only after you authenticate your
profile.
We apologize for the inconvenience, this measure is part of security measures to
protect users account.
Regards,
Verizon Account Services
Phishing Scam email Fake message
From: "Verizon Broadband Team"
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 5:48 PM
Subject: Confirm Your Verizon Account Immediately!!
Dear Verizon Subscriber
This mail is to inform all our valued customers that we will be
maintaining and upgrading our database in a couple of days from now. As we
are very concerned with stopping the proliferation of spam. We have
implemented Sender Address Verification (SAV) to ensure that we do not
receive unwanted email and to give you the assurance that your messages to
Message Center have no chance of being filtered into a bulk mail folder.
To help us re-set your password on our database prior to maintain our
database, you must reply to this e-mail and enter your Current User name
( ) and Password( ). Our message center will confirm
your identity including the secret question and answer immediately and
reply you with a new Default Password which you must reset again.
Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated
from our database. as we are deleting all mail account that is not
functioning to enable us create more space for new subscribers
Thank you for using Verizon Webmail
VERIZON BROADBAND TEAM
confirm
Phishing Scam email Fake message
Subject: Attn: Account User,
Attn: Account User,
We are having congestion due to the anonymous registration of free verizon.net therefore we are
shutting down some verizon.net Account and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending
you this email so that you can re-confirm your account information to enable us upgrade your
account from been deleted. If you are still interested to use your verizon.net account kindly
re-confirm your account by filling the space below after clicking the reply button.
* User name: ..............................
* Password: ................................
* Date of Birth: ...........................
* Country Or Territory: .................
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will
continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this effect. We apologize for any
inconveniences. Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after three days
of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Sincerely.
Microsoft.
verizon.net Customer service
Phishing Scam email Fake message
Dec 10, 2009 08:32:14 AM, verizonmcenter@mail2webmaster.com wrote:
VERIZON MAIL ALART
Verify this email address now
This message is from Verizon messaging center to all Verizon account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Verizon account to create more space for new accounts.
To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account.
To do this, You have to click on your reply botton to reply back to this message and then you fill the informations below.
Confirm Your Identity
Verizon! ID:
Password:
Your Birthday:
Your Country or Territory:
FILL THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS CORRECTLY TO AVOID YOUR ACCOUNT BLOCKED
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her Verizon account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Phishing Scam email Fake message
From: Verizon Broadband Team
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 5:42 PM
Subject: Confirm Your Verizon Account Immediately!!
Dear Verizon Subscriber
This mail is to inform all our valued customers that we will be maintaining
and upgrading our database in a couple of days from now. As we are very
concerned with stopping the proliferation of spam. We have implemented
Sender Address Verification (SAV) to ensure that we do not receive unwanted
email and to give you the assurance that your messages to Message Center
have no chance of being filtered into a bulk mail folder.
To help us re-set your password on our database prior to maintain our
database, you must reply to this e-mail and enter your Current User name
( ) and Password( ). Our message center will confirm your
identity including the secret question and answer immediately and reply you
with a new Default Password which you must reset again.
Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated
from our database. as we are deleting all mail account that is not
functioning to enable us create more space for new subscribers
Thank you for using Verizon Webmail
VERIZON BROADBAND TEAM
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