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The email message below, which claims the recipients have exceeded their mailbox storage limit is a phishing scam being used to target AT&T customers and Yahoo users. The phishing email message is being sent by cyber criminals to trick AT&T customers and Yahoo users into clicking on the link in it. The link in the email message goes to a fake AT&T or Yahoo website that will ask visitors to sign-in. Once visitors attempt to sign into the fake website with their AT&T or Yahoo usernames and passwords, the information will be sent to the cybercriminals behind the phishing scam.
Date: On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 6:01 AM,Subject: Fw: Re-validate Your MailboxFrom: User Mail <krishn95@purdue.edu>Dear At&t/Yahoo User,Your At&t/Yahoo Mail Box has exceeded the storage limit is 1 GB, which is defined by the administrator, you are running at 99.8 gigabytes and you can not send or receive a new messages until you re-validate your mailbox.To renew the mailbox CLICK HEREThank you!Web-mail system administrator!WARNING! Protect your privacy. Log-out when you are done and completely exit your browse.
Date: On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 6:01 AM,
Subject: Fw: Re-validate Your Mailbox
From: User Mail <krishn95@purdue.edu>
Dear At&t/Yahoo User,
Your At&t/Yahoo Mail Box has exceeded the storage limit is 1 GB, which is defined by the administrator, you are running at 99.8 gigabytes and you can not send or receive a new messages until you re-validate your mailbox.
To renew the mailbox CLICK HERE
Thank you!
Web-mail system administrator!
WARNING! Protect your privacy. Log-out when you are done and completely exit your browse.
Once the cybercriminals have received the stolen AT&T or Yahoo usernames and passwords, they will use it to hijack their potential victims’ accounts and use the accounts fraudulently. This is why AT&T and Yahoo user should never click on links in email messages to sign into their accounts, they should instead, go directly to https://www.att.com/ or https://mail.yahoo.com and sign into their email accounts from there. If there is someone that needs to be done their accounts, they will be notified after signing in.
AT&T customers who have been tricked by the phishing scam are asked to contact AT&T for help. While Yahoo users are asked to change their passwords. For Yahoo users whose accounts have already been hijacked, are asked to go to https://mail.yahoo.com and click the "Trouble signing in?" link for help regaining access to their accounts.
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Here is another scam:"From: AT&T Date: August 30, 2018 at 12:25:58 PM CDTSubject: Incoming MailDear User.Your At&t/Yahoo Mail Box has exceeded the storage limit is 1 GB, which is defined by the administrator, you are running at 99.8 gigabytes and you can not send or receive a new messages until you re-validate your mailbox.To renew the mailbox Click HereThank you!Web-mail system administrator!WARNING! Protect your privacy. Log-out when you are done and completely exit your browse."
Received via email:"From: Heather Keenum Date: May 29, 2018 at 6:56:43 PM CDTSubject: NOTICE!!! EMAIL UPDATEYahoo!MAILYou may no longer have access to your AT&T Yahoo! account because your AT&T Yahoo! account has exceeded it's mail quota on the database server. If you want to continue using your AT&T Yahoo! ID, please verify your account to continue using your AT&T Yahoo! service. Update through the link below. UPDATE Thanks for using Yahoo!/At&t!"
Here is another scam:"From: "AT&T Service" Date: April 5, 2018 at 7:44:32 PM CDTSubject: Important NoticeReply-To: lawsonfrank506-gmail.comAT&TDear User, Your AT&T Yahoo E-mail has exceeded the storage limit. You can not send or receive new messages until you re-validate your mail.To re-validate the mailbox UPDATE NOWThank you!AT&T Yahoo Customer Support"
Here is another scam:"From: "AT&T " Subject: Incoming MailDate: January 12, 2018 at 9:36:08 AM CSTYour At&t/Yahoo Mail Box has exceeded the storage limit is 1 GB"
Here is another scam:"From: "AT&T/Yahoo" Subject: Incoming Mail On HoldDate: November 15, 2017 at 5:00:15 AM PSTDear At&t/Yahoo nickfranklin-sbcglobal.net,Your At&t/Yahoo Mail Box has exceeded the storage limit is 1 GB, which is defined by the administrator, you are running at 99.8 gigabytes and you can not send or receive a new messages until you re-validate your mailbox.To renew the mailbox ClickHereThank you!Web-mail system administrator!"
Here is another scam:"From: "AT&T Online Service" Date: October 9, 2017 at 17:26:42 CDTSubject: Urgent! **Storage Exceeded**myAT&T Account Support AT&TYour AT&T Account LimitHello,Your At&t/Yahoo Mail Box has exceeded the storage limit is 1 GB, which is defined by the administrator, you are running at 99.8 gigabytes and you can not send or receive a new messages until you re-validate your mailbox.To renew the mailbox ClickHereThank you!Web-mail system administrator!WARNING! Protect your privacy. Log-out when you are done and completely exit your browse."
