{"id":1365,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1365"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Email-Account-'Server-Upgrade-Warning'-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"Email Account &#8216;Server Upgrade Warning&#8217; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this supposed server \u00a0upgrade warning, you have messages pending because you have used 98% of your email account storage. \u00a0 <\/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><\/p>\n<p>The message looks like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">From: Mail Admin<br \/>\nSubject: \u00a0[Email address removed] server upgrade Warning!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"example\"><strong>Attention : [email address removed]<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>Some of your mails are pending because you have used 98% of your storage.<\/p>\n<p>Please Follow here to Verify and save new configuration to add more space to avoid account shutdown<\/p>\n<p>Mail Verification Center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe warning was supposedly sent by the &#8216;Mail Verification \u00a0Center&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not an official email account notification. Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to harvest your email account password.<\/p>\n<p>If you click the link in the scam email, you will be taken to a fraudulent webpage that features a generic email account login as shown in the following screenshot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18841\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/server-upgrade-warning-scam\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,367\" 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=\"maibox-full-8-3-2018-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2-300x138.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mailbox Full Phishing Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2-500x229.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-2-585x268.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After you enter your \u00a0password and hit the &#8220;Verify&#8221; button, \u00a0 the page will go through a fake verification process that supposedly validates your password and account information:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18842\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/server-upgrade-warning-scam\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,280\" 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=\"maibox-full-8-3-2018-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3-300x105.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3.jpg\" alt=\"Fake Mailbox verification process\" width=\"800\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3-500x175.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-3-585x205.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Finally, you will see a message that claims that the reconfirmation has been successful:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/server-upgrade-warning-scam\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,217\" 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=\"maibox-full-8-3-2018-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4-300x81.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4.jpg\" alt=\"Fake email validation success message \" width=\"800\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4-768x208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4-500x136.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/maibox-full-8-3-2018-4-585x159.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The criminals can now collect your email address and password and use them to take control of your email account. \u00a0 Once in, they can use your account to distribute scam, spam, and malware messages in your name.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on what email service you are using, the login details you provided may also give access to linked services such as app stores and online document storage. \u00a0 If so, the criminals will also be able to access these linked services, steal your information, and conduct fraudulent \u00a0transactions. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> The criminals may manage to harvest and collate a large amount of your personal information from your email account and linked services. They may then be able to use this information to steal your identity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/mailbox-quota-full-email-phishing-scam\/\">Email account phishing scams like this one<\/a> are very common.<\/p>\n<p>Your email service provider may send you a notification if your storage quota has been used up. However, these notifications are unlikely to demand that you click a link in the email to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Always login to your email account via a trusted app or by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s \u00a0address bar. If your email storage quota has been used up, you should be able to rectify the problem by logging into your online account and deleting \u00a0unwanted emails.<\/p>\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><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/server-upgrade-warning-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/server-upgrade-warning-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this supposed server \u00a0upgrade warning, you have messages pending because you have used 98% of your email account storage. \u00a0 The message looks like this: From: Mail Admin Subject: \u00a0[Email address removed] server upgrade Warning!! Attention : [email address removed] Some of your mails are pending because you have used 98% of your [&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-1365","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\/1365"}],"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=1365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365\/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=1365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}