Iowa Telecom Phishing Scam: “Admin team Internet”

Posted by: Nuuruvalar [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: “Admin team Internet”
To:
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:32 PM
Subject: Iowa Telecom Technnical Support!

Iowa Telecom Technnical Support!

Attn. All Iowa Telecom Mail Blog User,

Scheduled Service Upgrade

Your Iowa Telecom Mail Blog service is in the process of being upgraded to
a new set of servers. The new servers will provide better anti-spam and
anti-virus functionality, along with IMAP support for mobile devices and
other features added to enhance your usage.

To confirm and keep your Iowa Telecom Mail Blog active during and after
our upgrade,kindly reply confirming your Iowa Telecom Mail Blog login
details as failure to acknowledge receipt of this notification, might
result to a permanent deactivation of your Iowa Telecom Mail Blog account
from our database for up coming subscribers.

To confirm your Iowa Telecom Mail Blog account, send yourIowa Telecom
Mail Blog account
Login details stating:

* Email address:
* Password:

Your Iowa Telecom Mail Blog shall remain active after you have
successfully confirmed your Iowa Telecom Mail Blog account details.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Iowa Telecom Technnical Support

© 2010 Admin team Internet Ltd.

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