Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The fake "Sky Mail Your Email has been Disable" email below is a phishing scam. Therefore, recipients are asked not to follow the instructions in it. The fake email is being sent by cybercriminals who are attempting to trick their potential victims into clicking on the link in it. The link goes to a phishing website that is disguised a Sky Mail. Once on the website fake website, visitors will be asked to sign-in, but they attempt to, their account credentials will be sent to the cybercriminals.
From: Sky Mail! [skyworldwide@nofifyme.com]Sent: 09 October 2019 12:54Subject: Your email has been disableSky MailDear 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-activationHowever, if you do not cancel this request,your account will be shutdown shortlyand all your email data will be lost permanently.Regards.Email AdministratorThis message is auto-generated from E-mail security server, and replies sent to this email can not be delivered.
From: Sky Mail! [skyworldwide@nofifyme.com]
Sent: 09 October 2019 12:54
Subject: Your email has been disable
Sky 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
This message is auto-generated from E-mail security server, and replies sent to this email can not be delivered.
Once the cybercriminals have gotten the stolen account credentials, they will use to gain access to their potential victims' accounts, hijack the accounts, and use them fraudulently.
Sky Mail users who have already been tricked by the phishing scam are asked to change their passwords and contact Sky Mail for help.
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Receive this from Sky Mail "Dear Customer,The Classic version of Sky will be replaced by our new version on DEC 10 2019. So it's time to upgrade, before you lose your email access. Login To VerifyRegards.Email Administrator"I strongly suspect a scam - anybody else has similar?
Yes, it is a scam.
