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The "Our Record Indicates Request to Shutdown Your Email" email message below, which claims that a request to shut down the recipients' accounts is being processed shortly, 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.
From: Website dianasara@aol.comSent: 31 July 2018 14:04Subject: mail infoAOL MessageDear User,Our record indicates that you recently made a request to shutdown your email. And this request will be processed shortly.If this request was made accidentally and you have no knowledge of it, you are advised to cancel the request nowCancel De-activation hxxp://gg.gg/b7vkmHowever, if you do not cancel this request,your account will be shutdown shortly and all your email data will be lost permanently.Regards.Email Administrator
From: Website dianasara@aol.com
Sent: 31 July 2018 14:04
Subject: mail info
AOL Message
Dear User,
Our record indicates that you recently made a request to shutdown your email. And this request will be processed shortly.
If this request was made accidentally and you have no knowledge of it, you are advised to cancel the request now
Cancel De-activation hxxp://gg.gg/b7vkm
However, if you do not cancel this request,your account will be shutdown shortly and all your email data will be lost permanently.
Regards.
Email Administrator
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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"From: Email Admin Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 6:17 AM To: team_member6188885@hotmail.com Subject: Request Cancellation CANCELLATION 08/08/2019! Our record indicates that you recently made a request to shutdown your e-mail on 08/08/2019 and this request will be processed shortly. If this request was made accidentally and you have no knowledge of it, you are advised to cancel the request now. Cancel request to avoid automatic closure LAST WARNIING: if you do not cancel this request within 24hour's your account will be shutdown shortly and all your email data will be lost permanently. CANCELLATION WILL BE SUCCESSFUL... Thanks for using service." Here is another scam.
Good morning,I received the same email to cancel my email.I clicked on the "CANCEL DEACTIVATION," do you think that I did the wrong thing?Thank youTony
If you did not enter your password on the fake website you were taken to after clicking on the link, then you are ok. If you did, change your password immediately.
Here is another scam: "From: INFO Date: 21 September 2018 at 04:07:05 BST Subject: info AOL Mail Dear User Our record indicates that you recently made a request to shutdown your email. And this request will be processed shortly. If this request was made accidentally and you have no knowledge of it, you are advised to cancel the request now Cancel De-activation However, if you do not cancel this request,your account will be shutdown shortly and all your email data will be lost permanently. Regards. Email Administrator"
