{"id":360,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Upgrade-and-Verify-your-Mailbox'-Phishing-Scam-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Upgrade and Verify your Mailbox&#8217; Phishing Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Apparently, one of my Hoax-Slayer email addresses needs to be verified. Alas, it seems that, so far, I have &#8220;not been able to meet up with the verification task&#8221;. \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, this &#8220;mailbox fault&#8221; means that I may not be able to receive emails.<\/p>\n<p>All rather puzzling \u00a0given that I&#8217;m the person who sets up and maintains hoax-slayer email addresses. \u00a0 And, for the life of me, I can&#8217;t recall sending myself the verification email! \u00f0\u0178\u2122\u201a<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the email is just another phishing scam. Clicking the link in the email opens a scam website that asks me to enter my email address and email password in the form provided. I&#8217;ll then see a message claiming that I have \u00a0now verified my mailbox.<\/p>\n<p>But, providing the email address and password would allow criminals to hijack my email account and use it to send spam, scam, and malware messages in my name.<\/p>\n<h2>An Example of the Scam Email<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22675\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/upgrade-and-verify-your-mailbox-phishing-scam-email\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,493\" 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=\"hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam.jpg\" alt=\"Verify Mail Box Phishing Scam Email\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam-500x308.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hs-verifiy-mailbox-scam-585x361.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Scam Emails Are Personalized To Your Email Provider<\/h2>\n<p>In this campaign, the scammers are using a simple trick to personalize each scam email. \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> Typically in such phishing campaigns, the scammers send out vast numbers of identical emails in the hope of netting at least a few victims. In this case, they use an automated mechanism to personalize the text based on each email address the scam messages are sent to.<\/p>\n<p>Many people have their name as the first part of their email address (&#x79;&#111;&#x75;&#x72;&#45;&#x6e;&#97;m&#x65;&#64;y&#x6f;&#117;r&#x2d;&#101;m&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2d;&#112;&#x72;&#x6f;&#118;&#x69;&#100;e&#x72;&#46;c&#x6f;&#109;). So, the scam email that you \u00a0receive may have the greeting &#8220;Hello [Your Name]&#8221; and the mailbox references will list your email provider.<\/p>\n<p>This personalisation makes it more likely that recipients \u00a0will take the claims in the scam email seriously and click \u00a0the link.<\/p>\n<h2>A Common Scammer Ruse<\/h2>\n<p>Scammers regularly send emails that falsely claim that the recipient&#8217;s email account needs to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bigpond-email-getting-an-update-phishing-scam\/\">verified \u00a0or updated<\/a>. Usually, the messages claim that the email account will not work properly or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-server-message-tries-to-steal-email-account-login\/\">will be deactivated<\/a> if users do not click \u00a0the link and verify&gt; Some versions simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/remove-account-from-yahoo-scam\/\">ask you to reply with your login details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive such an email, do not click \u00a0any links or open any attachments that it contains. Do not reply to the email.<\/p>\n<p>It is always safest to login to your email accounts by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar or via a trusted app rather than by clicking a link in an email.<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/upgrade-and-verify-your-mailbox-phishing-scam-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/upgrade-and-verify-your-mailbox-phishing-scam-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, one of my Hoax-Slayer email addresses needs to be verified. Alas, it seems that, so far, I have &#8220;not been able to meet up with the verification task&#8221;. \u00a0 Supposedly, this &#8220;mailbox fault&#8221; means that I may not be able to receive emails. All rather puzzling \u00a0given that I&#8217;m the person who sets up [&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-360","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\/360"}],"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=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/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=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}