{"id":208,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Enable-2nd-Step-Security'-Email-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Enable 2nd Step Security&#8217; Email Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this email, which may look like it was sent by your email service provider, you need to enable &#8220;2nd step security&#8221; on your email account. \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>Supposedly, the email is a security exercise to identify and delete dormant accounts on the server.<\/p>\n<p>It warns that, if you do not click a button to enable security, your account will be marked as dormant and closed down.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not a legitimate message from your service provider and<br \/>\nclicking the button will not enable any security \u00a0measures on your account.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the email is a phishing scam designed to steal your email account login information. If you click the button, you will be taken to a fraudulent \u00a0website and asked to log in with your email address and email account password.<\/p>\n<p>After &#8220;logging in&#8221; on the fake site, you will see a message claiming that you have enabled the extra security measure and proven that your account is not dormant.<\/p>\n<p>But, the criminals can now log in \u00a0to your account and use it to \u00a0launch \u00a0further spam, scam, and malware attacks. \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>They can also access any services that are linked to the account, including online file storage and app stores. Thus, the criminals may be able to harvest information contained in your stored documents and apps and conduct fraudulent \u00a0transactions via your app store account.<\/p>\n<p>If they manage to collect enough of your personal information, they may be able to steal your identity.<\/p>\n<p>Your service provider will never send you an email that demands that you immediately follow a link to update account details or implement \u00a0a new security system.<\/p>\n<p>Always login to your email account via a trusted app or program or by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar rather than by clicking a link in an email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color: #eee; text-align: center;\"><strong>An example of the scam message<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19286\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,805\" 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=\"2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1-298x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-19286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1.jpg\" alt=\"2nd Step Security Phishing Scam\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1-500x503.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2nd-step-security-phishing-scam-31-03-2018-1-585x589.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/enable-2nd-step-security-email-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/enable-2nd-step-security-email-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this email, which may look like it was sent by your email service provider, you need to enable &#8220;2nd step security&#8221; on your email account. \u00a0 Supposedly, the email is a security exercise to identify and delete dormant accounts on the server. 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