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"Email Address Reached Memory Limit Defined by Administrator" Phishing Scam
Email Address Reached Memory Limit Defined by Administrator Phishing Scam

Recipients of the fake email below are asked not to follow the instructions in it. This is because the fake email is a phishing scam that steal email account credentials. If the links in the fake email is clicked, the recipients will be taken to a fake and phishing website and ask to sign-in. But, any attempt to sign-in will result in the visitors' email account crednetails being sent to the cybercriminals behind the phishing scam.

"Email Address Reached Memory Limit Defined by Administrator" Phishing Scam

Dear %0%,

Your email address has reached the memory limit defined by the administrator. You will not be able to send or receive messages if it is not verified within 48 hours 7/16/2019 9:44:19 a.m.

Nonetheless, you have 3 incoming messages.

Click below to quickly validate and additional space will be automatically updated.

Current Uses : 945,60 Megabytes (945.82 MB)

Threshold warning : 821,20 Megabytes (821.00 MB)

Limit Size : 876,800 Megabytes (876,80 MB)

V-a-l-i-d-a-t-e

Regards.

Mailbox support manager 2019 .

Once the cybercriminals have gotten the stolen credentials, they will use it to gain unauthorised access to email accounts and use them maliciously.

Online users who have already been tricked by the scam are asked to change their passwords before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.

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