This is the latest in phishing.
It looks like a real email from Hotmail.
It speaks to fear which is, well, scary.
The email says they will help me if I give them my account information
It’s signed by an official of Hotmail, supposedly.
She is polite and scares me with a statement that if I fail to comply, my account will be closed. I don’t want this to happen.
However I have been around the block a few times and figured this one out pretty quickly. I am sure that 95% of the others who get this email are also pretty smart. I’m not so sure of the other 5%.
We all know that DGTFX is not a virus.
ORIGINAL EMAIL MESSAGE:
| from: | Windows Live™ Live Team kathieahern@hotmail.com | ||
| to: | Windows Live™ Live Team <kathieahern@hotmail.com> | ||
| date: | Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:21 AM | ||
| subject: | ***Closure Of Account*** Case ID ANG000027086771 | ||
| mailed-by: | hotmail.com |
Virus Notification
A DGTFX Virus has been detected on your account. Your email account has to be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2012 version to prevent damages to our web mail log and to your important files.You will receive a mail from Windows Live indicating on how to protect your account from receiving virus. Click your reply tab, Fill the columns below and send back to us or your email account will be terminated to avoid spread of the virus.
Full Name: …………………………
User name: ……………………
Password: …………………………
Reconfirm Password: …………………
Date Of Birth…………………….
Note that your password will be encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys for your password safety.
All ACCOUNT User Should Reply Now !!!
Failure to do this will immediately render your Web-email address deactivated from our database under 24hrs.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Warning Code :ID67565434
Windows Live Support.
Copyright ©2012
I would reply with FOOL – except that would confirm my email address for the FOOLS.
Anyone get any other STUPID phishing emails that slipped past spam filters lately?
Teddy Burriss 