"Internet Capacity Warning" - A Support Department Phishing Scam
The Phishing Email Scam
Subject: internet capacity warning
From: Support.Dept
you are warned your internet capacity is 70% full (default is 70%) contact us to avoid problem
Best regards
Information Technology Services
The link in the email message will take the recipients who have clicked on it to a fake Helpdesk website, which will ask them for their email account usernames and passwords. Once the recipients have entered the their email account usernames and passwords on the fake website, the account information will be sent to the cyber-criminals behind the phishing email and website. They will then hijack the victims' email accounts and use them fraudulently.
If you were tricked into entering your user name and password on the fake website, please change your password immediately.
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