Email Fraud Alert received from: Kath
I recently received an email with this subject line: An error in your SMTP/POP settings is blocking your incoming email. and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
This is an autmomated email sent from our SSL severs to inform you that there is an error in your email configuration.
This error was identified on: 2018/04/24 and we have not been able to deliver 8 contact email messages from this date.
To retrieve your emails and reconfigure Port 486, Click here to reconfigure or click the button below.
Warning: Failure to do this will lead total suspension of your email account.
This message has been sent to: deleted@removed.co.za, please ignore if this is not your email address.
The above email was sent by “Pop3/SMTP Admin” from this email address: noreply@demon.com
I, Kath, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Pop3/SMTP Admin”:
This is a good attempt at someone being naughty.
Look at the domain – demon.com
The tool that monitors your email is called a dAemon – so the attempt is very clever but fake nonetheless