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Office account review

April 16, 2018 by gle13

 


From: “Office 365” <pascal@nokill54.com>
To: “xxxxxxxx” <xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:58:22 PM
Subject: Office account review

Hi,

Your password was entered incorrectly more than 3 times.

Our security team had to suspend your account %E-mail_address%.
Your account access will be restored as soon as you verify your informations.

You can release the hold on your account  by following our activation link now:

Please click here to proceed with account review. [<–Link leads to a fake page in the boykivshchina.info domain]

This is an automated message.

Please do not reply to this email.

Regards,
Office 365 Team

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade", Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, no personalization, poor grammar

Notification

February 28, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Robert Cristan” <RCristan@wctc.edu>
To: “Robert Cristan” <RCristan@wctc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 9:48:29 AM
Subject: Notification

 

IT-DESK ©,

Email Security alert!

Dear User

 

Your Email was accessed from a different Country IP & will Be suspended,

you need to Verify this account now.

Please Click*Verify Now* [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.123formbuilder.com domain] and sign in to confirm your IP.

 

Copyright © 2018 Support

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, generic greeting, no personalization, poor grammar

Alert

February 28, 2018 by gle13

From: Monica Garrido Chavez (TAME EP) [mailto:Monica.Garrido@tame.com.ec]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 8:01 AM
Subject: Alert

 

The password associated with your email account will expire shortly. To continue using this account without any changes, Simply Verify [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.123formbuilder.com domain]  to avoid suspension of your email account.

 

We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused.

 

IT Help Desk

Copyright © 2018 Support

 

“Cuidemos el Medio Ambiente, por favor, no imprima este correo electrónico si no es necesario. En caso de ser obligatorio emplee papel reutilizado el que esté impreso por la otra cara.”

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, no "to" address, no personalization

Avoid Closure 2018

February 19, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Dynamics 365” <lee@jenningsinternational-bda.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 4:11:12 PM
Subject: Avoid Closure 2018

 

Action required:

You are advised to SWITCH to the new email version to avoid service interruption as the current one is outdated.

This feature gives you fresher look with a modern conversation style and a new design to let you see, read, and attach files and photos faster.

Kindly Switch Here [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the luacheia.pt domain] 

Please note: Failure to do this will lead to incoming mails being ON HOLD AND BLOCKED.

We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.

Thanks,

Office365 Admin
System E-Mail Center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, no "to" address, no personalization, threatens action

RE: Support.

February 16, 2018 by gle13

From: Staffan Pettersson <staffan.pettersson@medborgarskolan.se>
Date: Friday, February 16, 2018 at 4:51 AM
To: “user01555@webmail.com” <user01555@webmail.com>
Subject: RE: Support.

 

Notice from Support!, All employees are advised to manually update their web server to complete the update process and migrate to the new version of  Microsoft web mail service. CLICK HERE TO PROCEED [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the paragliding-macedonia.com domain]

IT Support

Webmail Center.
© Copyright 2018 Support.
All right Reserved.

************************** IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged material and are intended only for the person or entity to which the message is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, disclosure, or copying of this information is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess, Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, bad link address, no personalization, poor grammar

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