"ATT Yahoo! 2019 Agreement Update" Phishing Scam
The fake "AT&T Yahoo! 2019 Agreement Update" email below is a scam. Therefore, recipients are asked not to click the link in it. The link in the fake email goes to a phishing website that looks exactly like AT&T's website. Visitors to the website will be asked to sign-in, but any attempts to sign-in will result in their account credentials be sent to the cybercriminals behind the phishing scam.
Once the cybercriminals have stolen their potential victims' account credentials, they will use it to gain access to their accounts, and use the accounts maliciously.
The "AT&T Yahoo! 2019 Agreement Update" Phishing Scam
From: ATT_Update - qltyauto@sbcglobal.net
To: "noreply@att.net" - noreply@att.net
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2019, 10:04:55 AM PDT
Subject: AT&T/ Yahoo! 2019 Agreement Update
AT&T Yahoo
Prior to AT&T / Yahoo! Agreement
"Starting From the 30th, of June 2019, AT&T customers will no longer be able to log in to their Yahoo and Tumblr accounts through email addresses with the following domains: att.net, ameritech.net, bellsouth.net, flash.net, nvbell.net, pacbell.net, prodigy.net, sbcglobal.net, snet.net, swbell.net, andwans.net."
Customers will have to Verify their email address to confirm if they have been allocated a different domain or not.
Visit: Yahoo.com/At&t_Online to Verify your Domain
Sincerely,
AT&T Online Service
© 2019!, Inc. All rights reserved
AT&T customers who have already been tricked by the phishing scam are asked to contact AT&T customer suppport for help.
AT&T customers should always go directly to www.att.com and sign into their accounts from there, instead of clicking on a link in an email message. This will prevent them from being victims of phishing scams.
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