But I wonder how many people really get sucked into clicking the link?
The spelling and grammar alone should be a dead giveaway.
DON’T EVER CLICK ON ANYTHING LIKE THIS!!!
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 17:04:30 +0100
Subject: Attention
From: Sovernet <etrodrig@uc.cl>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Attention
Your email account has exceeded the maximum number of messages you can send a limited time, in a couple of days your account will be block. To avoid been block Click here to re-activate your email account.
(Link wasn’t even authentic looking, but I’ve taken it out anyway, but it included “web-sover-net-account.jigsy.com”)
Thanks
Sovernet Communication’s Webmail Term
return address
One of the easiest ways to check if something like this is a scam is to look at the return email address. Skip whatever they claim to be and look at that address, between the brackets <>… its doesn’t go to sover.net. It is fake. Obviously junk.
The link address also gives it away. Go to the end and work backwards to see if it is sending you to sover.net. It isn’t. It’s going to a subdomain of jigsy.com, which is a free website builder that someone is using as the basis of their scam.
Sometimes it isn’t quite so obvious. A handful of scam notices are well done and can seem almost legit.
If it is confusing, and one isn’t sure, and the message looks important…. go to the cover.net (or whatever) site and contact them directly without replying to any emails. Call them, or send a message to them through their contact page. Tell them what you received and ask them if they sent it.
In general, any request for personal information from a short email should be regarded as highly suspicious.
Windows keeps calling me
I keep getting phonecalls from “Windows Technical Support” telling me that they have discovered a problem with my computer.
Not even Microsoft, but “Windows”.
Obviously this was a scam, but I was surprised by the language chosen.