If you get an email like the one below, don’t click on any of the links, or provide any of your information. This is a scam to obtain access to your email account.
I found this in my email today, and at first glance, it looks authentic. It’s not. For one, AT&T doesn’t send out mass mailings from a gmail.com address!
Dear Sbcglobal Subscriber,
=====================Virus Notification
A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your sbcglobal.net folders. Your email account has to be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2012
version to prevent damages to our web mail log and to your important files. Click your reply tab, Fill the columns below and send back to us or
your email account will be terminated to avoid spread of the virus.Email:
User name:
Password:
Reconfirm Password:Note that your password will be encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys for your password safety.
All sbcglobal.net User Should Reply Now !!!
Failure to do this will immediately render your Web-email address deactivated from our database.
Thank you for your co-operation.Warning Code :ID67565434
Sbcglobal Account Support.
Copyright ©2012
Don’t click on any links, or reply to this email. Just trash it.
got the exact same thing from rschiesser@sbcglobal.net I suppose they used the same email in your case, reported it here: http://ip-address-lookup-v4.com/email/rschiesser%40sbcglobal.net