Microsoft Phishing Scam

Hi David and fellow bloggers, 


well my husband and I almost fell for this scam. We received a call from a man with a strong Indian accent claiming to be from Microsoft. he told us our computer had come up as infected and we need to fix it. he gave us a code that would allow me to connect with a Microsoft Tech. to clean up the problems. 


We were suspicious, so he took us to another site and said to prove we are from Microsoft I will tell you your licence number, he did and it was correct, further trying to convince us he was legit!!! He was very, very convincing. 


A friend said get out quickly, she had read about this on line. My son called Microsoft. They said they NEVER; NEVER call people with this type of stuff. 


So BEWARE, they are calling and sound VERY,VERY real. 


David, I am amazed they new so much about us.. We did a malware scan and a system restore and everything seems ok.
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CITIZENS BANK

If you receive an email from Citizens Bank asking you to update your Contract Details
for Account Maintenance please delete it from your computer.  Citizens Bank has just
informed me that the email from Citizens Bank is a fraud email.

COMCAST PHISHING SCAM

Hi all,
Here is another Phishing scam, disguised as an Email from COMCAST. Do not respond to this Phish, as your real Comcast Account will be hijacked. Following is the actual Email message:

Dave Israel
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Your Comcast account has been suspended.


Dear, nsasigint@comcast.net

We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive Comcast account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

How can I restore my account access?
Click the link below and confirm your Comcast account information, otherwise your Comcast account access will remain restricted:

https://login.comcast.net/index.aspx


Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

2011 Comcast All rights reserved.
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If you click on the link above, you arrive at this URL:

http://www.liberty7reserve.com/www.comcast.net/login.html

The part bolded in black is the Phish site; very clever!!!
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GMAIL PHISHING HOAX

Hi all,

If you have a Gmail account, and you receive an Email ostensibly from Gmail, asking you to Log-In to your account, do not do so, here is an example:
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Login


InboxX
Reply
Gmail to me


show details 8:11 PM (11 hours ago)


Dear Email Client,


Please log into your account to confirm your account is still active


please click on link here and follow the instructions. We are sorry for the trouble but we are trying to give you the best service. Thanks
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It is a Phishing Scam to obtain your Gmail Username and Password, and then hijack your account.

If you go to the Site, ( by clicking on the link "here" ) you will see the following URL in your Browser window:

http://disabilitybenefitstraining.info/signgm.html

This clearly in NOT a valid Gmail Site, do not sign in at this Site.

The following is a valid looking Gmail URL:

https://mail.google.com/mail/


Dave Israel

Spam, elegrocery, spam

Hotmail is seeing accounts being "hijacked" by spammers who send emails out advertising various, to your whole contact list. I got some.
elegrocery.com is SCAM SPAM PHISH.