{"id":2309,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2309"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Microsoft-Outlook-'Account-Exceeded-Storage-Limit'-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2309","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Outlook &#8216;Account Exceeded Storage Limit&#8217; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this email, which claims to be from the \u00a0Microsoft Outlook account team, your email account has exceeded its storage limit.<\/p>\n<p>It warns that incoming messages may be &#8216;placed on pending&#8217; and urges you to open an attached file to verify the account and upgrade your storage. It also threatens that, should you not verify the account within 24 hours, all of your incoming messages will be deleted.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not from Microsoft. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your Microsoft Account login details. If you click the attachment, a fake &#8216;Outlook Web App&#8217; login box will open in your default browser.  \u00a0If you enter your Microsoft Account details in the fake box, you will then be automatically redirected to the real Outlook.com website.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, your account login details can be collected by scammers and used to hijack not only your Outlook.com email account but any other connected Microsoft \u00a0services you may have. Once they have \u00a0gained access, the scammers can use \u00a0your account to launch further spam and scam campaigns in your name. They can also steal information from connected accounts such as OneDrive<\/p>\n<p><em>Report continued below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Mid Content --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"3131703035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\nWebmail accounts sometimes do exceed their allowed \u00a0quota and you might \u00a0receive an \u00a0automated message informing you \u00a0of this issue. However, this message will not demand \u00a0that \u00a0you click a link or open an attachment to deal with the issue.  \u00a0You can \u00a0normally remedy the problem of an over-quota account yourself \u00a0by logging in to your account and deleting unnecessary emails.<\/p>\n<p>Criminals often use <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/email-exceeded-storage-limit-phishing-scam\/\">fake &#8220;exceeded storage limit&#8221; emails<\/a> to steal personal information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Subject: *****EXCEEDED QUOTA LIMIT UPGRADE YOUR E-MAIL OUTLOOK.COM***** (2017)<\/strong><br \/>\nMicosoftDear account user,<\/p>\n<p>Your account has exceeded its storage limit. You might not be able to receive new emails. If not verified within 24 hours we will suspend your account so please click the link below to verify your account now.<\/p>\n<p>Verify Your Account Now<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<br \/>\nMicrosoft Outlook Support.<br \/>\nCopyright 2017 Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subject: Mail security upgrade\/storage Limit info verification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Email Account User,<\/p>\n<p>Your Email Account has exceeded it&#8217;s storage Limit,<br \/>\nMost incoming messages may be placed on pending due to our recent Upgrade.<br \/>\nVerify your Email account immediately to get your Account Storage Upgraded.<br \/>\nif not verified within 24 hours, we shall delete all your Email Account incoming messages.<br \/>\nPlease open the attachment to update your account, and continue with email upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>\nThe Microsoft outlook account team<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/microsoft-outlook-account-exceeded-storage-limit-phishing-scam\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1289\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1-186x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1-636x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-706\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1.jpg\" alt=\"Outlook Exceeded Storage Limit Phishing Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1-768x1237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/outlook-mail-security-upgrade-1-124x200.jpg 124w\" 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><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/microsoft-outlook-account-exceeded-storage-limit-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/microsoft-outlook-account-exceeded-storage-limit-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this email, which claims to be from the \u00a0Microsoft Outlook account team, your email account has exceeded its storage limit. 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