|
VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE READ (7/27/10)
There have been a number of emails (see examples below) that have gone out appearing to be WCNet webmaster requesting your information. Even though the reply email appears to be webmaster@wcnet.org it is not a legitimate email. WCNet will NEVER ask for personal information from you by email. In fact it is a good practice to never send any personal information (password, bank account, credit card, etc) through email to anyone as email is not as secure as sites like your bank.
VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE READ (7/20/10)
There have been a number of emails disguised as companies like amazon.com saying they are confirmation of an order. You will notice that the return address is usually not the company that is supposedly represented. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!
There have been a number of new emails claiming to be greeting cards. Again you will notice that the url to claim the greeting card is not the company they claim to represent. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!
They are still at it! Someone is sending email that appears to be from the email address support@wcnet.org. When you reply to the email it goes to a totally different domain and address. This email asks for personal information regarding your account, including your password and your date of birth. WCNet will never ask for that information to be emailed to us, we already have the information and will not need to ask for it again. If you have replied to this email please contact the WCNet help desk immediately (help@wcnet.org) to determine what can be done to protect your account. In this day of identity theft, it is not wrong to question everything that appears to come from WCNet. If we need to contact you we will do so in a way that will not jeopardize your personal information. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in matters such as this.
The Staff at WCNet.org
Here are examples of some these emails. DO NOT REPLY TO THEM:
From: Help Desk [mailto:help@desk.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 5:40 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Dear Account User
Dear Account User,
This message is from the helpdesk support center. Be informed that your
mail box has exceeded the storage limit set by your
administrator/database, you are currently running out of context and you
may not be able to send or receive some new mail until you re-validate
your mailbox.
To prevent your email account from been closed, re-validate your mailbox
below to enable us increase the storage limit:
User Name:
User Email:
Email Password:
Your account shall remain active after you have successfully confirmed
your account details.Thank you for your swift response to this
notification we apologize for any inconvenience.
We appreciate your continued help and support.
Regards,
Help desk.
From: WCNET VERTIFICATION TEAM [mailto:ivland@cavenet.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 6:57 AM
To: alert@wcnet.org
Subject: Upgrading
Dear Wcnet subscriber,
We are currently carrying out a maintenance
process to our Wcnet account. To complete this process, you are advise to reply this
mail immediately, and enter your User Name here (.......) And Password here(.......)
if you are the rightful owner of this account.
This is as a result of some suspicious activities reportedly going on in your mail account, we are
is trying to stop this spammers from gaining access to your account.
Failure to summit this required information,
will leave us with the fact that they have gain total accessof your mail account and may lead to
future deactivation of this account,We are sorry for any inconveniences this mail cost you.
NOTE: YOU WILL BE SENT A PASSWORD RESET MESSAGE AFTER THIS PROCESS.
Thanks for your intellection.
THE WCNET VERIFICATION TEAM.
From: Wcnet.Org Webmaster [mailto:thedubbs@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:50 AM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Emergency Email!
Dear Wcnet Webmail subscriber,
We hereby announce to you that your email account has exceeded its storage limit and your mail account will be deactivated and deleted from our server. You are hereby advised to verify your email account. please click on the link below to verify your email account.
A link will appear here that is clickable, do not click on the link at all
Thank you.
WCNET Webmail Management Team
From: "Message from wcnet.org" <updateinfo@wcnet.org>
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:19 AM
Subject: Update your wcnet.org Email Now
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a Web News Email Account Update
See the below mailing information
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Update your wcnet.org Email Now.
Dear Valuable Customer,
This message is from wcnet.org messaging center to all wcnet.org Email owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center. We are deleting all unused wcnet.org Email to create more space for new one. To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account.
However, wcnet.org has been receiving complaints from our customers for unauthorized use of the wcnet.org Email. As a result we are making an extra security check on our entire Customers mailbox in order to protect their information from theft and fraud.
Warning!!! Email owner that refuses to update his or her Email, within two days of receiving this warning will lose his or her Email permanently. You are require to send us the below information via: Requested Information
Email Username: ...............
Email Password: ................
Date of Birth: ................
Country or Territory: ..........
To reply to this email, just clink on reply on your account.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Copyright@2009 wcnet.org all rights reserved.
From: Wcnet Account Management [mailto:web-accountcustomerservice@adnise.net]
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:23 PM
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: ANTI SPAM UPDATE (FINAL WARNING NOTICE)
Attn: To All Account User,
This message is from Wcnet Management Messaging Center to all our Webmail.Wcnet.org account users. We are currently upgrading our data base and account center. This is to enable your account take a new look with new functions and help protect against spam e-mails. We are therefore deleting all unused email account to create more space for new accounts and updates.
To help us fight spam and to prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's an active account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
*Full Email: ...............
*EMAIL Password: ...............
*Date of Birth: ....................
*Alternative Email: ............
*Country Or Territory: .........
WARNING!!! All account owner that refuses to comply with this update will lose his or her within seven days of receiving this notice.
Thank you for your understanding. We are delighted to bringing communication closer to you.
Copyright 2009 - Account Management Technical Support - All Rights Reserved.
If you receive anything claiming to be
from WCNet that contains an attachment
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!
WCNet will NEVER send an email containing
an attachment!
Your Password has not been
reset and your Account has not been suspended!
There have been times when WCNet subscribers have
received an email supposedly from webmaster@wcnet.org saying
their password has been reset or their account has been suspended.
Webmaster will never send you an email saying this. These emails
are a virus. DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT that comes with the
email. Just delete the email. If your account had been suspended
or your password changed, you would not have received the email
in the first place. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding
as we combat these viruses and spammers. For more information
regarding this read some of the articles and links below.
Here are some samples that appear to be from various companies.
NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHED FILE UNLESS YOU ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING!
From: Verizon Wireless [mailto:noreply@verizonwireless.com]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:19 PM
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: Your credit balance is over its limit
Dear Verizon Wireless customer,
Your credit balance is over its limit. Please use the attached Verizon Wireless Balance Checker Tool to review and analyze your payments.
Yours sincerely,
Verizon Wireless Customer Services
From: Customer Support [mailto:noreply@bankreport.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:01 AM
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: payment request from "Company Name"
We recorded a payment request from "Company Name" to enable the charge of $268.83 on your account.
The payment is pending for the moment.
If you made this transaction or if you just authorize this payment, please ignore or remove this email message. The transaction will be shown on your monthly statement as "Company Name".
If you didn't make this payment and would like to decline it, please download and install the transaction inspector module (attached to this letter).
The following emails that appear to be from the Facebook and/or MySpace are fraudulent.
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHED FILE!
From: "The Facebook Team" <service@facebook.com>
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:23 PM
Subject: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation.
Hey username,
Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed. You can find your new password in attached document.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
From: "Myspace Service" <service@myspace.com>
Date: October 30, 2009 1:45:47 AM EDT
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: Myspace Password Reset Confirmation
Hello,
Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed. You can find your new password in attached document.
Thanks,
The Myspace Team
The following email that appears to be from the Microsoft is fraudulent.
DO NOT RUN THE ATTACHMENT!
Dear Microsoft Customer,
Starting 18/10/2009 the ‘Conficker’ worm began infecting Microsoft customers unusually rapidly. Microsoft has been advised by your Internet provider that your network is infected.
To counteract further spread we advise removing the infection using an antispyware program. We are supplying all effected Windows Users with a free system scan in order to clean any files infected by the virus.
Please install attached file to start the scan. The process takes under a minute and will prevent your files from being compromised. We appreciate your prompt cooperation.
Regards,
Microsoft Windows Agent #2 (Hollis)
Microsoft Windows Computer Safety Division
For more information regarding this email check http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220700200#
The following email that appears to be from the Internal Revenue is fraudulent.
DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!
From: "Internal Revenue Service" <no-reply@irs.gov>
Date: September 24, 2009 11:56:06 AM EDT
Subject: Notice of Underreported Income
Taxpayer ID: yourname-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):
review tax statement for taxpayer id: yourname-00000174073547US
Internal Revenue Service
What
is Spam and How Do I Avoid It?
Spam activity has been on the rise lately due
to the fact that spammers are constantly updating their methods.
The latest is that they include their message in an image that
is imbedded in the email.
This allows their message to get
through many spam filters that look for certain spam related
text.
Anti-spam vendors
are working on solutions but it will take time.
CRITICAL! - Click Here for Windows Updates? |
