The "Your Account will Expire" Phishing Scam
The "Your Account will Expire" email below, which claims the recipients' account will be blocked, is a phishing scam created to steal email account usernames and passwords. The email message was not sent by the recipients' email provider, but by cyber-criminals, whose intentions are to hijack email accounts and use them for malicious purposes. So, recipients of the same email message are advised to delete it, and not follow the instructions in it.
The "Your Account will Expire" Phishing Scam
Subject: Your Account Will Be Closed Update For The Month of NOV
From: "Email Sever" git@orec-health.com
Dear
Your Account Will Be Blocked!
Your Account will Expire Nov 5/ 2018
If you would like to continue using your Email Address,
Click here to Verify and Upgrade Your Account Now
To stay secured, Failure to oblige will lead to Email malfunction, lost of files and final De-activation of your mailbox.
UPGRADE IS FREE.
Thanks.
Domain! Inc ©2018 All Rights Reserved
The link in the email message goes to a fake webmail website, which will attempt to trick the cyber-criminals' potential victims into entering their usernames and passwords on it. If the potential victims enter their email usernames and passwords on the fake website, it will be sent to the cyber-criminals behind the email scam, who will use the information to hijack their accounts.
If you have received the same email message, please go directly to your email account instead of clicking on the links in the email message. And, if there is anything wrong with your account, it will be shown to you after signing in. If you were tricked by the phishing email, please change your password immediately.
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