{"id":1024,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1024"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"BigPond-\"Internal-Authentication-Error\";-Phishing-Scam-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"BigPond &#8220;Internal Authentication Error&#8221;; Phishing Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail purporting \u00a0to be from Australian Internet Service provider BigPond claims that due to an &#8220;Internal Authentication  \u00a0Error&#8221; your account will be deleted and closed within 10 hours. The email explains that you can stop the pending account closure \u00a0by following instructions included in an attached file.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is not from BigPond and the &#8220;Internal Authentication Error&#8221; claim is untrue.  \u00a0And, your account is not set to be closed.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the email is a <a title=\"Phishing Scams \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anti-Phishing Information\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scams-anti-phishing-information\/\">phishing scam<\/a> designed to steal your Telstra account login details. If you open the attached file, a seemingly innocuous PDF will open. The PDF has the title &#8220;BigPond User Manual&#8221; along with some random, non-English \u00a0text and a generic PDF icon. But, clicking anywhere in the \u00a0document opens a fake Telstra BigPond login page on a fraudulent \u00a0website. If you provide your Telstra account login details on the fake page, you will then be automatically \u00a0redirected \u00a0to the genuine Telstra website.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the criminals can use the stolen credentials to hijack your Telstra account.<\/p>\n<p>Telstra and BigPond customers are <a title=\"Bigpond Security Service Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam.shtml\">regularly targeted<\/a> in <a title=\"PHISHING SCAM - 'Upgrade Your Bigpond Account'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/bigpond-create-more-space-phishing-scam.shtml\">such phishing attacks<\/a>. Be wary of any message that \u00a0purports to be from Telstra \u00a0or BigPond and claims that you must open an attachment \u00a0or click a link to rectify a supposed account issue.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nInternal Authentication ErrorHello User,Inbox and Sent FoldersWe will delete &amp; Close Your Account Within 10 hours<\/p>\n<p>You need to confirm this request or we will continue with the request.<\/p>\n<p>If you think it is an error, take action immediately to stop this process.<\/p>\n<p>Download attached instructions manual<\/p>\n<p>Thank You<br \/>\nBigpond Email 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bigpond-internal-authentication-error-phishing-scam-email\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,641\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bigpond Security Service Phishing Scam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6518 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bigpond Security Service Phishing Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1-500x401.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1-250x200.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam-2017-1-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: March 17, 2017<br \/>\nFirst published: March 17, 2017<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"PHISHING SCAM - 'Upgrade Your Bigpond Account'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/bigpond-create-more-space-phishing-scam.shtml\">PHISHING SCAM &#8211; &#8216;Upgrade Your Bigpond Account&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Bigpond Security Service Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/bigpond-security-service-phishing-scam.shtml\">Bigpond Security Service Phishing Scam<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Phishing Scams \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anti-Phishing Information\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scams-anti-phishing-information\/\">Phishing Scams \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anti-Phishing Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bigpond-internal-authentication-error-phishing-scam-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bigpond-internal-authentication-error-phishing-scam-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Email purporting \u00a0to be from Australian Internet Service provider BigPond claims that due to an &#8220;Internal Authentication \u00a0Error&#8221; your account will be deleted and closed within 10 hours. The email explains that you can stop the pending account closure \u00a0by following instructions included in an attached file. Analysis: The email is not from BigPond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}