Fake Microsoft Emails Designed To Phish Out Aol, Yahoo!, Gmail Credentials

snoopy · Sep 26, 2012

September 25th, 2012, 13:58 GMT · By Eduard Kovacs
Fake Microsoft Emails Designed to Phish Out AOL, Yahoo!, Gmail Credentials

Fake Microsoft emails inform recipients that their “installation records are out of date.” The messages attempt to trick users into handing over their Windows Live, Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL or other credentials.

Why settle for less, when you can have more (or “the best” as Lil Wayne puts it)? That’s probably what the cybercriminals behind this new spam campaign were thinking (or singing) when they designed it.

The malicious emails read something like this:

Dear Windows User,

It has come to our attention that your Microsoft windows Installation records are out of date. Every Windows installation has to be tied to an email account for daily update.

This requires you to verify the Email Account. Failure to verify your records will result in account suspension. Click on the Verify button below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your records.

VERIFY.

Thank you,
Microsoft Windows Team.
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Once the Verify button is clicked, the victim is taken to a website where he/she is told that “the risk is very high” because the computer is out of date.
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More details here: http:/ ews.softpedi...ls-294693.shtml

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