{"id":367,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Violation-of-Spam-Activities'-Phishing-Scam-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Violation of Spam Activities&#8217; Phishing Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail purporting to be from your \u00a0Webmail Administrator claims that, unless you click a link to verify and upgrade your account, your email address will stop receiving messages because the system has \u00a0detected a &#8216;violation of spam activities&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is not from any legitimate email administrator. Instead, it is a phishing scam designed to steal your email account login credentials.<\/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<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Subject: Important Notification (email address removed)<\/strong>Account NotificationYour Email ( email address removed ) will stop receiving messages due to the fact that our system detected a violation of Spam activities.<br \/>\nYou have to verify and up-grade your email address information to avoid account<br \/>\ntermination. To verify and up-grade your email, simply click on the link below.Click Here to Verify &amp; Up-grade your Account<\/p>\n<p>Note: Failure to do this could result in lost of your email contents.<br \/>\nFor your security, please keep your email address information up-to-date. If this<br \/>\ninformation changes, you can always update it by signing in to your Email account.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for using our service.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely<br \/>\nWebmail Administrator<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/violation-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-email\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" 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=\"Violation-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1971\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Violation of Spam Activities Scam Email\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/violatin-of-spam-activities-phishing-scam-1-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/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><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to this &#8216;Account Notification email, which was supposedly \u00a0sent by your Webmail Administrator, the \u00a0system has detected a violation of spam activities from your email account. Because of this supposed violation, claims the message, you will stop receiving emails until you click a link to verify and upgrade your account. The message further warns that failing to verify and upgrade as requested could result in &#8216;lost of your email contents&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However, the message \u00a0is not from any legitimate email account administrator and the claim that you must verify and upgrade is just a criminal ploy \u00a0designed to steal your account login details.<\/p>\n<p>If you are taken in by the bogus message and click the verify and upgrade link as requested, a fake &#8216;Outlook Web App&#8217; webpage will open \u00a0in your browser. The webpage, which features \u00a0the Outlook logo, asks you to sign in by entering your email address and email password. Clicking the sign in button brings \u00a0you to the home page of your email provider.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, however, the scammers can collect your email address and password and use them to hijack your real email account. Once they have \u00a0gained access to your account, they can use it to send spam, scam, and malware emails in your name. The scammers may also be able to use \u00a0the same login details to access and misuse other services associated with the same account.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Phishing Scams - Anti-Phishing Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/phisher-scams.html\">Phishing scams<\/a> <a title=\"'Re-Validate Your Mailbox' Email Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/re-validate-your-mailbox-email-phishing-scam\/\">like this one<\/a> are very common. Remember that no legitimate email administrator is ever likely to send you an email that demands that you click a login link to verify or \u00a0upgrade your account.<\/p>\n<p>It is always safest to login to all of your online \u00a0accounts either by entering the account address into your browser&#8217;s address bar or via a trusted account app.<\/p>\n<p>\n<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 class=\"date\">Last updated: June 17, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: June 17, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. 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Brief Analysis: The email is not from any legitimate email administrator. 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