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Scam: Final Warning!!! We Will Delete …

Another scam email is making the rounds today.  Delete the message ‘Final Warning!!! We Will Delete Your E-mail Account.. So Update.’ on sight.  A common feature of these scams is the email appears to be from @netidea.com, but the Reply To address is not.

Here’s an example:

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:57:01 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Final Warning!!! We Will Delete Your E-mail Account.. So Update.
From: "Net Idea." <info@netidea.com>
Reply-To: chenguandesk@aol.com
Dear Email Account User,

We are advising you to change the password on your email account in order
to prevent any unauthorised account access following the network
instruction we previously communicated, all Mailhub systems will undergo
regularly scheduled maintenance. Access to your e-mail via the Webmail
client will be unavailable for some time during this maintenance period.



We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center i.e
homepage view. We shall be deleting old email accounts which are no longer
active to create more space for new accounts users.we have also
investigated a system wide security audit to improve and enhance our
current security.



In order to continue using our services you are require to update and
re-comfirmed your email account details as requested below.


To complete your account re-comfirmation,you must reply to this email
immediately and enter your account details as requested below.


Username : (**************)
E-mail Login ID(**********)
Password : (**************)
Date of Birth :(**************)
Future Password :(**************)(Option)



Failure to do this will immediately render your account deactivated from
our database and service will not be interrupted as important messages may
as well be lost due to your declining to re-comfirmed your account details
to us.



We apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause you during this
period,but trusting that we are here to serve you better and providing
more technology which revolves around email and internet.


It is also pertinent,you understand that our primary concern is for our
customers, and for the security of their files and data.



COMFIRMATION CODE: -/93-1A388-480 Technical Support Team.




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