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Mail! Email De-activation!

Please see the attached email message I received.

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with this. Is this a scam?

Thanks,

Charles Lewis

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Dear User,

Your AT&T/Yahoo mail new version is outdated and has expired.

You're advise to switch to the new version to avoid disconnection.

Failure to upgrade to the newest AT&T/Yahoo mail version will result to a permanent account closure.

According to provision of Term and conditions, AT&T/Yahoo may at anytime terminate it's service for accounts.

Please Visit ITS Help-Dest Here To re-validate your mailbox.

Note: Failure to comply within 48hrs might lead to permanent deactivation.

Thank you,

AT&T online service

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your email! website and choose the "Help" link on any page.

Customer Service Email ID # 1009.

[Edited for safety to remove potentially-malicious link.]

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JefferMC

ACE - Expert

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31K Messages

5 years ago

YES! This is a SCAM. You should delete it! Do not reply and do not click that link.

Quite a few hints that this is bogus are littered throughout:

"Dear user:" (not personalized, though this is not universal, when taken with the other issues...)
"...mail new version is outdated..." (new versions are rarely outdated)
"You're advise to " (improper verb tense)
"Term and conditions" (the phrase is Terms and conditions)
"terminate it's service" ("it's" always means "it is" not the possessive "its")
Every paragraph is one sentence long.
The link does not go to an AT&T or YAHOO domain (hovering over it shows taksila.in as the host)
I'm betting the from address was bogus as well (often from a university address)

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suchlewis

Contributor

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2 Messages

5 years ago

Thank you so much! I deleted the email. Thanks again.

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suchlewis

Mail! Email De-activation!

JefferMC

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