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"cPanel Inode Quota Exceeded" Fake Email Being Sent by Cybercriminals

Feb 20, 2019 2019-02-20T17:36:04-05:00
Feb 20, 2019 2019-02-20T17:37:50-05:00

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cPanel Inode Quota Exceeded Fake Email Being Sent by Cybercriminals

Webmasters who are recipients of the "cPanel Inode Quota Exceeded" email below, which claims that their web hosting will be interrupted, 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 Inode Quota Exceeded" Phishing Scam

Inode quota notification for : "".

Inode Quota Exceeded!!

Final Notice for Domain :

The Domain "" has reached its inode quota.

Exceeding your inode quota can affect your website, uploads and email.

To avoid service interruption we recommend that you find the attachment file that is attached to this email to automatically add more inodes to your hosting package now

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May 5, 2019 at 9:09 AM by an anonymous user from: Mandaluyong, National Capital Region, Philippines

I got this and the email was sent from accounts@cpanel.net, is this really true or fake?

May 5, 2019 at 10:09 AM by info

Never trust the "FROM" address of an email because it is can be spoofed.

Jul 6, 2021 at 9:58 AM by an anonymous user from: Walle, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Also check the contents of the form. Most of the time some type of "encoded JavaScript". An online decoder shows it's a form with a POST command to a most likely compromised web server. Probably also uses a VPN as the attacker in my case connected from an IP address from the Netherlands.

Apr 10, 2019 at 1:55 PM by info

Another scam being sent by the scammers: "From: cPanel Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 11:42 AM Subject: Inode quota exceeded Inode quota notification for : Inode Quota Exceeded! Final Notice for Domain : The Domain "airdroneimages.com" has reached its inode quota. Exceeding your inode quota can affect your website, uploads and email. To avoid service interruption we recommend that you find the attachment file that is attached to this email to automatically add more inodes to your hosting package now"

Apr 10, 2019 at 1:11 PM by an anonymous user from: Needham, Massachusetts, United States

I agree with the poster from The Hague. I received the same email an hour ago after setting up a new domain yesterday.

Apr 4, 2019 at 11:13 AM by an anonymous user from: The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

I got this mail after setting up a FTP account. These criminals seem to target new domains.

Feb 27, 2019 at 11:14 AM by an anonymous user from: Dartford, England, United Kingdom

I've has a load of these recently, all after new accounts were set up!

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