Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Recipients of the email message below with the subject: "Account update," which claims Outlook is conducting a verification check due to recent database upgrade, are asked to delete the email and not follow the instructions in it. The fake email message is a phishing scam sent by cyber-criminals to trick recipients into sending them their personal information, which the cyber-crooks will use to scam the same recipients.
From: Outlook Team database931@ outlook.comDate: April 1, 2016 at 11:00:53 PM PDTTo: database@ hotmail.comSubject: Account updateWe are conducting a verification due to recent upgrade in our database. Reconfirm your email account so that it will be recorded in our new database system to avoid losing your account permanently.Date of birthPhoneCountry
From: Outlook Team database931@ outlook.comDate: April 1, 2016 at 11:00:53 PM PDTTo: database@ hotmail.comSubject: Account update
We are conducting a verification due to recent upgrade in our database. Reconfirm your email account so that it will be recorded in our new database system to avoid losing your account permanently.
Date of birthPhoneCountry
It is important that online or internet users know that in order to protect themselves against phishing scams, they should never click on a link to sign into your online accounts. They should instead, go directly to their online accounts’ website and sign into their accounts from there. If there is a problem with their accounts, they will be notified as soon as they have signed in.
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Here is another scam:"From: Outlook Team database120-outlook.comSent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 10:19 PMTo: database-hotmail.comSubject: Update We are conducting a verification due to recent upgrade in our database. Reconfirm your email account so that it will be recorded in our new database system to avoid losing your account permanently.Date of birthPhone Country"
Here is another scam:"From: Account Team database861-outlook.comSent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 9:43 PMTo: database-hotmail.comSubject: Verification We are conducting a verification due to recent upgrade in our database. Reconfirm your email account so that it will be recorded in our new database system to avoid losing your account permanently.Date of birthPhone"