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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Beamer1 on May 17, 2017, 05:27:51 PM

Title: SCAM or real (guessing scam, but still)
Post by: Beamer1 on May 17, 2017, 05:27:51 PM

I received this today and it got by my ISPs filters. The "source address" and the bad spelling are a clue, but I thought you should know this is out there

Quote:
Subject: Alwil Software
To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
From: "Mail Server" <nonsresponds@gmail.com>


Hi  xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx,

Your account (xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx) is sending unsolicired emails,

verify https://mail.serversecurity. xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx?valid=sign_back_in  if you are the owner of this email account. or we might briefly suspend your account.

Please ensure your Anti-Virus is turned on and updated.

Have a great day! .

Sincerely

Avast spam guard.
Scanned for viruses. www.avast.com
/unquote

Title: Re: SCAM or real (guessing scam, but still)
Post by: MartinZ on May 18, 2017, 10:59:15 AM

Hi,
it's scam

Title: Re: SCAM or real (guessing scam, but still)
Post by: DavidR on May 18, 2017, 11:18:55 AM

@ Beamer1

You have obscured the To: email address, but there is another in the Hi (salutation line), you need to obscure or remove that also. Otherwise in a public forum, it could get harvested again and used for spam/scam.