More Phishing Spam Hits BCPL & BCPL.NET Mailboxes | |
June 27, 2008 - In the past several months I have sent out several BCPL.NET NEWS message
warning against "phishing" e-mails. They are still coming, and
unfortunately some BCPL staff and BCPL.NET customers are still falling for
the scam. Our e-mail system received a large number of phishing e-mails
last night, so it's time for another reminder. These e-mails have two things in common:
1) They appear to be from BCPL or BCPL.NET.
2) They ask you to send your username and password to some e-mail address
in order to prevent loss of access to your e-mail (or something similar).
These e-mails are a type of spam called "phishing", so named because the
spammers are fishing for people who will fall for the scam. If they get
any bites, they use the victims' usernames and passwords to log into those
accounts. They then use the accounts to send out large amounts of spam.
We will NEVER request that you e-mail your username and password to us,
nor will any other reputable company. If you receive a request of that
type that appears to be from us or from anyone else, DO NOT RESPOND TO IT!
If you have already responded to a phishing spam, please immediately
contact the Staff Help Desk if you are a BCPL staff member or the BCPL.NET
Help Desk (410-887-3297 or help@bcpl.net) so we can take steps to prevent
your account from being used for spam distribution.
More Phishing Scam E-Mails Hit BCPL.NET Mailboxes | |
April 28, 2008 - On April 15 we warned against "phishing" e-mails. They are still coming, and unfortunately several BCPL.NET customers have fallen for the scam. These e-mails have two things in common:
1) They appear to be from official-looking BCPL.NET addresses.
2) They ask you to send your BCPL.NET username and password to some e-mail address in order to prevent loss of access to your e-mail (or something
similar).
These e-mails are a type of spam called "phishing", so named because the
spammers are fishing for people who will fall for the scam. If they get
any bites, they use the victims' usernames and passwords to log into those
accounts. They then use the accounts to send out large amounts of spam.
We will NEVER request that you e-mail your username and password to us,
nor will any other reputable company. If you receive a request of that
type that appears to be from us or from anyone else, DO NOT RESPOND TO IT!
If you have already responded to a phishing spam, please contact the Help
Desk immediately at 410-887-3297 or help@bcpl.net so we can take steps to prevent your account from being used for spam distribution.
"Account Update" Phishing Scam | |
April 15, 2008 - A number of BCPL.NET customers and BCPL staff have reported receiving
e-mail pretending to be from help@bcpl.net and other official-looking
BCPL.NET addresses. The message claims that our e-mail system is
experiencing Error Code:334409, says that you may lose e-mail access,
and requests that you send your e-mail address, password, name, and
country to account-update08@live.com.
The message is not really from BCPL.NET. It is a phishing scam, an
attempt to get you to divulge personal information (in this case, your
BCPL.NET username and password). DO NOT RESPOND TO IT!
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