Beware of "cPanel Removal and Deactivation" Phishing Scams

Updated: April 24, 2018 2018-04-24T11:31:52 -
Posted: April 24, 2018 2018-04-24T11:22:51
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Webmasters who are recipients of the "cPanel Removal and Deactivation" email below, which claims that their web hosting will be deactivated and removed from their hosting provider's server, should delete the email and should not follow the instructions in it. This is because the phishing e-mail message is being sent by cybercriminals/scammers, to frighten and trick the webmasters into visiting phishing websites that will steal their website hosting accounts credentials, by claiming their hosting services will be interrupted. Once the cyber thieves have stolen their potential victims’ hosting account credentials (usernames and passwords), they will gain access to their accounts, hijack them and use them fraudulently.

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The "cPanel Removal and Deactivation" Phishing Scam

From: cPanel on more-group.eu <accounts@cpanel.net>

Subject: De-activation

cPanel

De-activation Programmed

Final Notice for Domain :

Removal of from our server has been approved and initiated,

Due to ignorance of last verification warning.

Removal will occur exactly at our server programmed time and hour

We recommend that you chose any of the below for your Domain :

Continue Removal or Cancel Removal

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Posted: May 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM by an anonymous user from or near: London, England, United Kingdom
I am getting loads of these
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