Phishing expedition?

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by newmango » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:09 am
I'm pretty sure this is fraudulent, but I thought you should know about it. This morning my wife got the following email...

From: Sonic Customer Service <[email protected]>
Date: January 26, 2015 at 7:58:00 AM PST
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Email at Risk

Dear Customer,

Your Sonic.net mailbox will be closed if not upgraded today.

Sonic requires that all 2015 users email must be upgraded to avoid email termination.

To upgrade kindly follow the link below.

>>UPGRADE>>

User Adviser

Sonic.net

©2015 All rights reserved.
_____________________________

Am I right?

Thanks.

Gary Newman
Sebastopol
by thulsa_doom » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:42 am
Yep, that's a big fat fake.
John Fitzgerald
Sonic Technical Support
by Gary » Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:34 pm
Thought so.Thanks.

Gary
by LHMeyer » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:24 pm
I find that the use of the word "KINDLY" in these types of emails is always a big red flag. In fact, I have a filter that searches for that word in the body of all incoming messages. ;)
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