The "AT&T Mail Account Update Service" Phishing Scam
AT&T Mail Account Update service
Dear,
Your At&t Mail version is outdated and has expired.
Failure to Update to the newest At&t Mail now will result to permanent account closure.
According to provision 17.9 of Terms and Conditions At&t may at anytime terminate its service for accounts.
Please visit The following link to your
Visit ITS Help-Desk Here To validate your mailbox.
Note: Failure to comply within 48hrs might lead to permanent deactivation.
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Protect yourself from fraudulent emails.
Once the cybercriminals have received the stolen AT&T credentials, they will use it to hijack their potential victims’ accounts and use the accounts fraudulently. This is why AT&T customers should never click on links in email messages to sign into their accounts, they should instead, go directly to https://www.att.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.