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"Verizon Request to Terminate Your Account" Phishing Scam
Verizon Request to Terminate Your Account Phishing Scam

Cybercriminals are sending out fake "Verizon Request to Terminate Your Account" emails to potential victims, in an attempt to trick them into clicking on malicious links in the same emails. The malicious links go to phishing websites that steal visitors' email or online account credentials, by tricking them into signing in.

A "Verizon Request to Terminate Your Account" Phishing Scam

From: Verizon! Mail Team <ksrld@redpass.com>

Sent: Tue, May 28, 2019 3:22 pm

Subject: doota; Did you really request us to terminate your @verizon.net! account?

Hi

Did you really request us to terminate your @Verizon.com! account?

please if you did not, reply to this message To cancel the termination request.

If not, All files on your mail including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Trash, Draft) will be deleted and access to your Email address will be Denied.

Regards, © 2019 Verizon Inc.,

Verizon users should always go directly to www.verizon.net and sign into their accounts to view important updates or notifications. And, those who have already been tricked by the phishing email are asked to change their passwords and contact Verizon before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.

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by info

Here is another scam:
-----Original Message-----
From: Verizon Mail
Sent: Mon, Oct 7, 2019 8:30 am
Subject: himeadow,Unexpected Email Shutdown !!.

Verizon
Dear Users,

You Requested to Shut down your Verizon on 06/10/2019, Did you initiate this Action? Was this you or someone els? If No, Kindly Cancel Request below:
CANCEL REQUEST
Do not ignore to avoid unexpected email shutdown
Note: Failure to comply with 48hrs might lead to permanent deactivation.
Thanks for choosing Verizon.

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by info

"From: Verison Account
Sent: Sat, Jun 29, 2019 1:35 pm
Subject: clandva; Did you really request us to terminate your clandva-verizon.net! account?

Hi,

Did you really request us to terminate your -Verison.net! account?

please if you did not, reply to this message To cancel the termination request.

If not, All files on your mail including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Trash, Draft) will be deleted and access to your Email address will be Denied.

Regards, © 2019 Verison Inc.,"

Here is another scam.

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by an anonymous user from: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

I'm always getting the same thing from a ksrld-______. The first part is always the same, but the last part keeps changing. I figured out that it was a scammer right away when I saw the misspelled name of Verizon.

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by an anonymous user from: Ashburn, Virginia, United States

This scammer can't even spell Verizon correctly, they spell it Verison

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by an anonymous user from: Cecil, Pennsylvania, United States

I have received at least 15 of these emails. The From address always starts off as ksrld- but the domains are different.

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by an anonymous user from: Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, United States

me also and think it is funny since all of a sudden they are saying Verison and cannot spell correctly

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by an anonymous user from: Ashburn, Virginia, United States

I've been receiving these regularly. Just how stupid do they think people are. First, they id themselves as "Verison" not Verizon. (Unlike these bottom dwellers, most people know how to spell.) Second,Verizon got out of the email business a few years ago. (Anyone with a verizon.net email address knows this.)

Sadly, there a some people who are vulnerable and might be caught off guard. Otherwise, they wouldn't be doing it. If you know anyone who is vulnerable (elderly relative, etc.), please warn them.

I wish I had the know how and resources to hack into the bottom dwellers systems to wreak havoc.

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by info

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----

From: Verison! Inc
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2019, 12:18:00 PM EDT

Subject: Alert : Did You Really Request Us To Terminate Your


Hi,

Did you really request us to terminate your []! account?

please if you did not, reply to this message To cancel the termination request.

If not, All files on your mail including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Trash, Draft) will be deleted and access to your Email address will be Denied.

Regards, © 2019 Verison Inc.,

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by info

Here is another:

-----Original Message-----
From: The Verison Accounts
Sent: Wed, Jun 5, 2019 11:31 am
Subject: Urgent: Account Deactivation Request

The request was received from your Verison account 06/04/2019 2019 23:15 GMT.

Sometimes these requests are made in error. If this deactivation was not requested by you, we ask that you submit your password in reply to this email.

Once the current password on the account is verified the deactivation request will be canceled and your account will remain active.

Be advised, once an account is deactivated it cannot be recovered.

Thank You, The Verison Team

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by an anonymous user from: Littleton, Colorado, United States

BEWARE!
I am seeing this daily on my old AOL email account also. Same sender ksrld - redpass.com and also same sender using:

faversovereak.com
ttende.sabolity.com
adexe.com

I'm sure more will be sent until some smart IT guy can shut these guys down.

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by an anonymous user from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Same. Get one a day or some variation of, one of which says my account locked. I forwards to phishing-verizon per their instructions but still get them.

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by an anonymous user from: Pomona, California, United States

I am a retired federal criminal investigator. The emails I have been receiving all end up in my spam folder, and the subject line refers to my account as Verizon.com instead of verizon.net.

Verizon sold out to Frontier communications in California a few years ago, and my email address was transferred to an AOL webmail account; they obviously don't know about this. LOL

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by an anonymous user from: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Thanks to your website, I will not fall for the same scam message I received today.

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by an anonymous user from: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

If you look at the "reply" address it will be info-infusionsoft.org.uk. Just saying

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by info

Another scam:

-----Original Message-----
From: Verizon! Mail Team
Sent: Wed, May 29, 2019 1:37 pm
Subject: ; Did you really request us to terminate your -verizon.net! account?

Hi,

Did you really request us to terminate your -Verizon.com! account?

please if you did not, reply to this message To cancel the termination request.

If not, All files on your mail including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Trash, Draft) will be deleted and access to your Email address will be Denied.


Regards, © 2019 Verizon Inc.,

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by an anonymous user from: Camden, New Jersey, United States

I have gotten several of these recently on one of my "verizon.net" e-mail accounts, though technically there IS no verizon.net e-mail service anymore - those of us who still have that "domain" are doing it thru AOL Mail. And when I try to directly access verizon.net - my browser automatically transfers me to verizon.com.

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