"Congestion on our Internet Database we are Deleting all E-mails" Phishing Scams

Online users are asked to delete email messages like the one below, which claim their email accounts will be deleted due to congestion. The fake email messages are being sent by cyber criminals to frighten and trick the recipients into clicking on the link within them. The link goes to a phishing website or a fake website created by cyber criminals to trick potential victims into signing in. But, any attempts to sign into the fake website, will result in the victims’ Microsoft account usernames and passwords being sent to cyber criminals.

Congestion on our Internet Database we are Deleting all E-mails Phishing Scams

The "Congestion on our Internet Database we are Deleting all E-mails" Phishing Scam

Subject: Important Notice to info
Date: Wed 06/09/2017 10:30

Dear info,

Due to congestion on our internet database we are deleting all E-mails that are no Longer in use, If this your E-mail is still in use by you, Please click HERE to update it and prevent it from being deleted.

Webmail

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Once cybercriminals have gotten their potential victims’ account credentials (usernames and passwords), they will use it to hijack their email accounts and use them fraudulently. Therefore, recipients of the phishing email message (see below) who were tricked into clicking on the link within it and have attempted to sign into the phishing or fake website that they were taken, are asked to change their email account passwords immediately, before they are hijacked and used fraudulently by cyber criminals.

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  • October 11, 2017 at 8:10 PM by an anonymous user from: Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

    Here is another scam:

    "Dear jycc

    Due to congestion on our database we are deleting all emails that

    are no longer in use, if this your E-mail jycc@jxysjs.cn is still in use by you

    Please click HERE NOW to update it and prevent it from being deleted

    jxysjs.cn

    Webmail"

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"Congestion on our Internet Database we are Deleting all E-mails" Phishing Scams