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eFax Corporate Malicious Email Notifications

eFax users who have received email notifications like the one below, asking them to click on a link within the same email message to view a fax should not do so. This is because the email notifications are being sent by cyber criminals to trick the recipients into clicking on the link in them that downloads a malicious file or virus onto their computers. Any attempts to open the malicious file will in result in the recipients' computers getting infected with a virus, ransomware, spyware or other malware.

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Sample of a Fake and Malicious eFax Corporate Notification

Subject: efax message from 44 135 535 9011 - 4 page(s)
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:50:21 +0400
From: eFax - message@efax-reviews.com

Fax Message [Caller-ID: 44 135 535 9011]

You have received a 4 pages fax at 6/6/2017 1:50:21 PM

* The reference nubmer for this fax min1_did1-441355359011 -20170606-15706971-04.

View this fax using your PDF reader.

Click here to view this message.

Please visit www.enterprise .efax.com/resources/faq if you have any questions regarding this message or your service.

Thank you for using the eFax service!

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2011 j2 Global Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

eFax is a registered trademark of j2 Global Communications, Inc.

This account is subject to the terms listed in the eFax Customer Agreement.

This is why eFax customers should always go directly to eFax's website at www.efax.com, sign into their accounts and view their faxes from there, if there is any.

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