-=PCTechTalk=- Scam Using Earthlink
- From: Tori <verse@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: (Recipient list suppressed)
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:14:08 -0500
A couple of days ago, I got the following email ----
Recently we attempted to authorize payment from your credit card we have on=
=20
file for you, but it was declined.
For security purposes, our system automatically removes credit card=20
information from an account when there is a problem or the card expires.
Please resubmit the credit card, and provide us with new and complete=20
information. To resubmit credit card information via our secure server,=20
click the following link:
http://myaccount.earthlink.net/cam/cam?p=3Daddcreditcard
This is the quickest and easiest method of getting credit card information=
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to us. Using the secure server will ensure that the credit card will be=20
placed on account within 24 hours.
=A9 2003 EarthLink, Inc. All rights reserved.
All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of=20
their respective
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It looks fine but it was sent to a secondary email address, NOT my primary=
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one. That sent up alarms instantly. I did NOT click the link, but went=20
manually to my account at earthlink and verified that my account was paid=20
and the credit card info was valid. It was.
I sent the email to Earthlink customer service and received their response=
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today. It states:
Thank you for contacting us.
We understand your issue regarding receiving an email notice.
We apologize for the confusion. The email you received and its=20
corresponding web site are fraudulent, and are in no way associated with=20
EarthLink.
We were made aware of this site recently and took immediate steps to=20
contact the host of the site, to have it removed from service.
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I thought it was worth making others aware of this scam. Earthlink does=20
have you work through My Account at the Earthlink site. But you should=20
ALWAYS go there independently of a link in the email even if you believe it=
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to be genuine. This email looked valid. The only real tipoff was that it=
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was sent to the secondary email address not the primary. I'd have been=20
more apt to click the link had they had the primary address. From now on,=
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I won't even consider clicking links on anything like that. I just wanted=
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to warn anyone else that this is out there. I'm sure it will pop up again,=
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using another site or another ISP.
Tori
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