VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE READ (11/19/09)

Here are some samples that appear to be from various companies.
NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHED FILE UNLESS YOU ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING!

From: Verizon Wireless [mailto:noreply@verizonwireless.com]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:19 PM
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: Your credit balance is over its limit

Dear Verizon Wireless customer,

Your credit balance is over its limit. Please use the attached Verizon Wireless Balance Checker Tool to review and analyze your payments.

Yours sincerely,
Verizon Wireless Customer Services

From: Customer Support [mailto:noreply@bankreport.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:01 AM
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: payment request from "Company Name"

We recorded a payment request from "Company Name" to enable the charge of $268.83 on your account.

The payment is pending for the moment.

If you made this transaction or if you just authorize this payment, please ignore or remove this email message. The transaction will be shown on your monthly statement as "Company Name".

If you didn't make this payment and would like to decline it, please download and install the transaction inspector module (attached to this letter).

(11/2/09)

The following emails that appear to be from the Facebook and/or MySpace are fraudulent.
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHED FILE!

From: "The Facebook Team" <service@facebook.com>
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:23 PM
Subject: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation.

Hey username,

Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed.  You can find your new password in attached document.

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

From: "Myspace Service" <service@myspace.com>
Date: October 30, 2009 1:45:47 AM EDT
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: Myspace Password Reset Confirmation

Hello,

Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed. You can find your new password in attached document.

Thanks,
The Myspace Team

(10/20/09)

The following email that appears to be from the Microsoft is fraudulent.
DO NOT RUN THE ATTACHMENT!

Dear Microsoft Customer,

Starting 18/10/2009 the ‘Conficker’ worm began infecting Microsoft  customers unusually rapidly. Microsoft has been advised by your Internet provider that your network is infected.

To counteract further spread we advise removing the infection using  an antispyware program. We are supplying all effected Windows Users  with a free system scan in order to clean any files infected by the  virus.

Please install attached file to start the scan. The process takes  under a minute and will prevent your files from being compromised.  We appreciate your prompt cooperation.

Regards,
Microsoft Windows Agent #2 (Hollis)
Microsoft Windows Computer Safety Division

For more information regarding this email check http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220700200#

(9/24/09)

The following email that appears to be from the Internal Revenue is fraudulent.
DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!

From: "Internal Revenue Service" <no-reply@irs.gov>
Date: September 24, 2009 11:56:06 AM EDT
Subject: Notice of Underreported Income

Taxpayer ID: yourname-00000174073547US
Tax Type: INCOME TAX
Issue: Unreported/Underreported Income (Fraud Application)
Please review your tax statement on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website (click on the link below):
review tax statement for taxpayer id: yourname-00000174073547US
Internal Revenue Service

(10/29/09)

They are still at it! Someone is sending email that appears to be from the email address support@wcnet.org. When you reply to the email it goes to a totally different domain and address. This email asks for personal information regarding your account, including your password and your date of birth. WCNet will never ask for that information to be emailed to us, we already have the information and will not need to ask for it again. If you have replied to this email please contact the WCNet help desk immediately (help@wcnet.org) to determine what can be done to protect your account. In this day of identity theft, it is not wrong to question everything that appears to come from WCNet. If we need to contact you we will do so in a way that will not jeopardize your personal information. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in matters such as this.

The Staff at WCNet.org

Here are examples of some of the latest emails. DO NOT REPLY TO THEM:

From: "Message from wcnet.org" <updateinfo@wcnet.org>
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:19 AM
Subject: Update your wcnet.org Email Now 
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              This is a Web News Email Account Update
                See the below mailing information
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Update your wcnet.org Email Now.

Dear Valuable Customer,

This message is from wcnet.org messaging center to all wcnet.org Email owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center. We are deleting all unused wcnet.org Email to create more space for new one. To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account.

However, wcnet.org has been receiving complaints from our customers for unauthorized use of the wcnet.org Email. As a result we are making an extra security check on our entire Customers mailbox in order to protect their information from theft and fraud.

Warning!!! Email owner that refuses to update his or her Email, within two days of receiving this warning will lose his or her Email permanently. You are require to send us the below information via:   Requested Information  

Email Username: ...............
Email Password: ................
Date of Birth: ................
Country or Territory: ..........

To reply to this email, just clink on reply on your account. 

Thanks for your co-operation.

Copyright@2009 wcnet.org all rights reserved.

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From: Wcnet Account Management [mailto:web-accountcustomerservice@adnise.net]
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:23 PM
To: youraccount@wcnet.org
Subject: ANTI SPAM UPDATE (FINAL WARNING NOTICE)

Attn: To All Account User,
 
This message is from Wcnet Management Messaging Center to all our Webmail.Wcnet.org account users. We are currently upgrading our data base and account center. This is to enable your account take a new look with new functions and help protect against spam e-mails. We are therefore deleting all unused email account to create more space for new accounts and updates.
 
To help us fight spam and to prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's an active account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
*Full Email: ...............
*EMAIL Password: ...............
*Date of Birth: ....................
*Alternative Email: ............
*Country Or Territory: .........
 
WARNING!!! All account owner that refuses to comply with this update will lose his or her within seven days of receiving this notice.
Thank you for your understanding. We are delighted to bringing communication closer to you.
Copyright 2009 - Account Management Technical Support - All Rights Reserved.

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From: "WCNET WEBMAIL SUPPORT TEAM" <helpdesk009@wcnet.org>
To: <undisclosed-recipients:>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:54 AM

Dear wcnet.org Subscriber,

We are currently carrying-out a mantainace process to your wcnet.org account, to complete this, you must reply to this mail immediately, and enter your User Name here (.............) And Password here(...............) if you are the rightful owner of this account.

This process we help us to fight against spam mails.Failure to summit yourpassword, will render your email address in-active from our database.NOTE:If your have done this before, you mayignore this mail. You will be send a password reset messenge in next seven (7)working days after undergoing this process for security reasons.Thank you for using wcnet.org!

THE wcnet.org TEAM

If you receive anything claiming to be from WCNet that contains an attachment
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!

WCNet will NEVER send an email containing an attachment!

Your Password has not been reset and your Account has not been suspended!

There have been times when WCNet subscribers have received an email supposedly from webmaster@wcnet.org saying their password has been reset or their account has been suspended. Webmaster will never send you an email saying this. These emails are a virus. DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT that comes with the email. Just delete the email. If your account had been suspended or your password changed, you would not have received the email in the first place. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we combat these viruses and spammers. For more information regarding this read some of the articles and links below.

What is Spam and How Do I Avoid It?

Spam activity has been on the rise lately due to the fact that spammers are constantly updating their methods.
The latest is that they include their message in an image that is imbedded in the email.
This allows their message to get through many spam filters that look for certain spam related text.
Anti-spam vendors are working on solutions but it will take time.

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