"Your Mail Account Has Exceeded Its Quota Limit" Phishing Scam

The email message below, which claims that the recipients’ email accounts have exceeded their quota/limit and need to be re-validated, or else the recipients will not be able receive new emails, is a phishing scam. The fake email message was created and sent by cyber-criminals to steal the recipients’ email account username and password. Once cyber-criminals have gotten their victims’ email account credentials, they will use the information to hijack their accounts and use them fraudulently. Therefore, recipients of the fake email message should delete it and never attempt to click on the links or follow the instructions in it.