Tip #4045 - BellSouth E-mail Scam
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BellSouth
E-mail Scam
Is BellSouth your
ISP? Or more importantly, do you use BellSouth for your e-mail service?
If so, you definitely need to listen to this. Another new phishing scam
is already in progress and this time, it's targeting BellSouth users via
their e-mail accounts. As you can probably figure out, this is the perfect
set up for the scammers and with you being a trusting BellSouth user,
they can easily get the information they want out of you. To learn more
about this, keep reading!
If you're caught by
this scam, you will receive an e-mail that is supposedly from BellSouth
(from the e-mail address of support@bellsouth.net, to be exact), asking
you to verify your account with them. When you click on the link, you're
then asked to send a copy of your credit card to another link within the
e-mail. They then go on to tell you they need this information in order
to update your account. And here's an even bigger kicker: the scammers
also tell you they need this information so that they can keep you protected
from other scams and identity theft. How clever!
The e-mail looks very
legit and it's put together in a nice fashion, so it's easy to fall for.
I mean, why wouldn't you trust your ISP with something like this? Well,
either way you look at it, don't give in! It's a fraudulent e-mail and
you will only cause yourself more problems if you give them the information
they want. Know that BellSouth will never ask you for that kind of information
through an e-mail. If there's a problem with your account, they will call
you personally. So, what can you do about this? Well, delete the e-mail
for starters. And then just keep your eyes peeled for unusual e-mails
like this. Sometimes your own common sense can save you from a world of
trouble. Stay safe, my friends!
~ Erin
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