Old Scam resurfaces

[Max W]

Received an email purportedly from ATT saying that my email account had exceeded capacity and account would be blocked if it wasn't remedied.  

AT&T 'Account Limit Exceeded' Phishing Scam

Outline
Email purporting to be from AT&T claims that the recipient's email account limit has been exceeded and that the account will therefore be suspended unless it is verified within 24 hours.



Brief Analysis
The email is not from AT&T . In fact, it is a phishing scam deigned to trick AT&T account holders into divulging their account login details to Internet criminals. 

[Elrod]

Thank you Max, for the heads up..

[SaraEA]

Well, the scammers have to find a new tactic now that law enforcement has shut down the big IRS impersonators.  Here's the latest one: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/us/politics/us-indicts-dozens-in-300-million-indian-call-center-scheme.html?_r=0

Note this is not the same bunch arrested in India a week or so ago.  Between the two of them, though, hopefully they've put a huge dent in these calls and discouraged others in the same business.  Of course there will always be those who think they are smarter than the average scammer and try to pick up where these jerks left off.

I have gotten emails and calls from banks where I don't even have accounts asking me to verify my info, from the "IRS" wanting me to verify my login credentials or check my "secure" mailbox, probably a zillion others the spam filter picks up, calls from "Microsoft" because something is wrong with my computer, and seen clients with actual paper letters about supposed IRS tax liens.  It's a scary world out there.  I am scared for myself because I'm so skeptical I'll probably miss some critical message by not responding, and I'm scared for my clients who aren't privy to all the junk out there and do respond.