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Webmail Technical Support Mail Quota Limit Phishing Email Message

Webmail Technical Support Mail Quota Limit Phishing Email Message

The email message below, which appears as if it was sent by Technical Support claiming the recipients' accounts have reached their mail quota limit, is a phishing scam created by cybercriminals to steal the recipients' email account usernames and passwords. So, recipients of the fake email message should not follow the instructions in it, because they run the risk of having their accounts hijacked by the cyber-criminals behind the scam. And, online users should never send their passwords to anyone. Passwords should be kept confidential and should not be shared with anyone.

The Phishing "Webmail Technical Support Mail Quota Limit" Email Scam

Subject: Technical Support
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:55:02 +0530

Dear Web-mail User

Your Mail quota has reached limit, You might not be able to send or get updates until you re-validate your mailbox.

To re-validate your mailbox reply to this mail and fill your.

{user-name :
{Password :
{Confirm Password:

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If you were tricked into sending your user name and password by the phishing or fake email message above, please change your password immediately.

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