Iowa Telecom Phishing Scam: “webmailcare@ymail.com”

Posted by: jasn [ITS Security] under Scams

Iowa Telecom has received reports of a phishing email scam that targets Iowa Telecom users. This is a fake email and is not sent from, or in any way associated with, Iowa Telecom. The actual phishing email is displayed below. For more information on this type of scam mail please see Phishing 101. DO NOT respond to this email with any information.

If you have responded to this email:

1. Call Iowa Telecom technical support to have your password changed. It is very important that your new password does not resemble the old password at all. The closer the new password is to the old password, the more likely they will be able to guess your new one.

2. If you see more email like this, please feel free to send them to us, we will add them to this list to warn other customers.

Your friendly neighborhood Iowa Telecom Abuse Team.

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From: webmailCustomer Care
Date: July 30, 2009 3:12:13 PM CDT
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject: VERIFY YOUR IOWA WEBMAIL ACCOUNT NOW !!!

DEAR WEBMAIL OWNER,

VERIFY YOUR IOWA TELECOM ACCOUNT NOW !!!

This Email is from webmail user Customer Care Unit and we are sending it to every webmail User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of accounts so we are shutting down some accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending you this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account. Due to the congestion in all webmail users and removal of all unused Accounts,webmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

* Username: ………………………..
* Password: ……………………….
* Date of Birth: …………………..
* Country Or Territory: …………….

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely,
THE IOWA TELECOM CUSTOMER TEAM

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