Scam emails have been sent to a number of Manxnet email users:
Please be aware of the below scam email which has been sent to a number of Manxnet email addresses.
This scam, which purports to come from Manx Telecom, asks you to ‘Verify your email account’ by providing your username and password. Under no circumstances should you do this.
PLEASE REMEMBER, MANX TELECOM WILL NEVER SEND YOU AN EMAIL ASKING YOU TO CONFIRM ANY USERNAME AND PASSWORD.
Under no circumstances should you reply to any email, or follow a link contained in any email, which asks you to provide or confirm any username or password to prevent you from losing service or to upgrade an account.
If you have any queries regarding this please contact us on 624 624.
Copy of scam email follows:
From: "Manx Telecom Ltd"
Subject: Dear manx.net email users
Date: 14 December 2011 21:29:33 GMT
Reply-To:
Dear manx.net email users,
This message is from your webmail internet service provider and
maintenance of your email account for all users. We are improving our
email database due to spam activities identified by our Web Server.
You are required to verify your email account by confirming your
identification. This will help us secure your account and neutralize all
spam activities identified.
To confirm your identity, Do provide us with the following information as
requested below:
* Name: (………..) (Required)
* Password: (………..) (Required)
* Confirm Password: (………..) (Required)
* * Important
Please provide this information accurately for safety reasons to avoid
inaccessibility of your account.
Please be aware of the below scam email which has been sent to a number of Manxnet email addresses.
This scam, which purports to come from IT Support Center, asks you to visit a website to enter your email account details to gain access to an upgraded email service. Under no circumstances should you do this.
PLEASE REMEMBER, MANX TELECOM WILL NEVER SEND YOU AN EMAIL ASKING YOU TO CONFIRM ANY USERNAME AND PASSWORD.
Under no circumstances should you reply to any email, or follow a link contained in any email, which asks you to provide or confirm any username or password to prevent you from losing service or to upgrade an account.
If you have any queries regarding this please contact us on 624 624.
Copy of scam email follows:
To ensure quick, responsive e-mail services, it is necessary to establish limits on the amount of e-mail each user may store on the system.
Our records show that you have almost exhausted your usage allowance provided with your webmail service.
Depending on your current storage space you may request for additional storage.
Please CLICK HERE <http://*******> to request for additional storage.
Thanks
For IT Support Center
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