Phishing Scam - 'Control Services for Microsoft GMAIL (Required Response)'
The email message below: "ALERT / EMAIL / Control Services for Microsoft GMAIL (Required Response)," is fraudulent and you should not respond to it with your personal information and password. Every month, thousands of these email messages are sent out by scammers to trick their potential victims into stealing their email account user names and passwords.
Remember, never send your personal information and password to anyone in an email message to someone who contacted you via email message. You should never give or send your password to anyone.
Microsoft, Gmail and other internet service providers will never ask you to send your personal information, user name and password to them.
The Phishing Email Message
ALERT / EMAIL / / Control Services for Microsoft GMAIL (REQUIRED RESPONSE) account
Dear (es) Members MICROSOFT CORPORATION GMAIL,
The technical service responsible for the maintenance of email accounts from your provider has detected illegal access to your mail through different IP addresses. The risk that your account is suspended in the coming days, our maintenance department asks you to confirm your login access. If the information is not provided, your email access would be suspended permanently. For security reasons, please provide all the information requested.
Complete the following information to confirm your access
Name .............
First name ..............
Email address ............
Password ............
Secondary address ...........
Address Password Secondary ............
Occupation ..............
Landline and mobile phone ...........
Country ...........
City ...........Upon receipt of this information, your mail would be monitored against illegal access. Thank you for your cooperation.
Webmail Support
Best Regards,
Team Microsoft Corporation Gmail
The Phishing Email Message in French
ALERTE/EMAIL / / Services de contrôle pour le compte Microsoft GMAIL (REPONSE OBLIGATOIRE )
Chers (es) Membres MICROSOFT GMAIL CORPORATION,
Le service technique chargé de la maintenance des comptes de messagerie de votre fournisseur a détecté des accès illégaux à votre messagerie à travers différentes adresses IP. Au risque que votre compte ne soit suspendu dans les prochains jours, notre service de maintenance vous demande de confirmer vos accès de connexion. Au cas où les informations ne seront pas fournies, votre accès à la messagerie serait suspendu définitivement. Pour des raisons de sécurité, veuillez fournir l’intégralité des informations demandées.
Complétez les informations suivantes pour la confirmation à votre accès
Nom..........
Prénom........
Adresse émail .............
Mot de passe ..............
Adresse Secondaire..........
Mot de passe Adresse Secondaire...........
Profession ...........
Numéro de téléphone fixe et mobile........
Pays ..........
Ville ............Dès réception de ces informations, votre messagerie serait suivie contre les accès illégaux. Merci de votre collaboration.
Webmail Assistance
Cordialement,
L’équipe Microsoft Gmail Corporation
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