{"id":2696,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Phishing-Scam---'Upgrade-Your-Bigpond-Account'","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2696","title":{"rendered":"Phishing Scam &#8211; &#8216;Upgrade Your Bigpond Account&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMessage purporting to be from Australian internet and email service provider Bigpond claims that you must click to upgrade your account \u00a0before you lose &#8220;all history access&#8221;.<\/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>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is not from Bigpond or Telstra. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your Bigpond account details. The hijacked account will be used to run further spam and scam campaigns in your name and steal your personal information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nDear Customer: [email address],The Classic version of our layout will be replaced by our new version on 2017\/05\/14. It&#8217;s time to upgrade, before you lose your all history access.Update your account, clicking HereWhen you upgrade your accountYour service won&#8217;t be affected and you&#8217;ll keep all your data, folders and history. Plus you&#8217;ll get:<br \/>\nfaster services<br \/>\nthe latest spam protection<br \/>\nUpdate your account, clicking Here<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for choosing us<\/p>\n<\/div>\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<p>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis email, which purports to be from Australian Internet and email service provider Bigpond, claims that you must click a link to update your account or risk losing account access. It states that the classic version of the system&#8217;s layout is being replaced.<\/p>\n<h2>Message is Not From Bigpond &#8212; Phishing Scam<\/h2>\n<p>However, the email is not from Bigpond. It is a <a title=\"Phishing Scams - Anti-Phishing Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/phisher-scams.html\">phishing scam<\/a> designed to steal your Bigpond email account login details.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking on the upgrade link will take you to a scam website that asks you to provide your account username, email address, and password. After you enter the requested information and click the &#8216;Send Message&#8217; button, you will be taken to a second fake page that claims that the update has been successful and your account is again activated.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, the criminals will receive your account details and can subsequently use them to hijack your account. Once they have gained access, the criminals can then use the account to launch further email spam and scam campaigns. All in your name.<\/p>\n<h3>Similar Scams Target Other Popular Email Service Providers<\/h3>\n<p>This is by no means a new or unusual tactic. Very similar scam campaigns have been use repeatedly to <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/bigpond-service-suspension-phishing-scam\/\">target Bigpond users<\/a> as well as customers of <a title=\"Gmail 'Update Account' Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/gmail-update-account-phishing.shtml\">other popular<\/a> email <a title=\"Yahoo Account Phishing Scam Email\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/yahoo-mail-phish.shtml\">service providers<\/a> all around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Be very wary of any message that claims that you must click a link or open an attached file to update account details or avoid an account suspension. Your email service provider is very unlikely to send a message that asks you to click a link or attachment to provide login details or other sensitive personal information.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, Bigpond is now more commonly called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Telstra Media&#8221; although it offers the same service. The Telstra website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telstra.com.au\/support\/category\/email\/manage\/phishing-or-hoax-email-scams\">includes information about such phishing attacks<\/a>. <\/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>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scam-upgrade-your-bigpond-account\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/phishing-scam-upgrade-your-bigpond-account\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Message purporting to be from Australian internet and email service provider Bigpond claims that you must click to upgrade your account \u00a0before you lose &#8220;all history access&#8221;. Brief Analysis: The email is not from Bigpond or Telstra. It is a phishing scam designed to steal your Bigpond account details. The hijacked account will be [&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-2696","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\/2696"}],"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=2696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/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=2696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}