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[UncleUB]

Hi all,I have just noticed this in my BT Yahoo mail spam folder.To me this looks dodgy.Notice the spelling of centre (center)

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Monday, 24 August, 2009 3:14 PM
From:
"BT Internet" <security@btinternet.com>
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Dear BT Internet User,

This message is from BT Internet account update Service team messaging center to all subscribers. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center due to an unusual activities identified in our email system. We are deleting all unused e-maill Accounts. to create space for new ones.

You are required to verify your Email account by confirming your identity. This will prevent your e-mail account from been closed during this exercise. In order to confirm your e-mail identity, you are to provide the following data;

First Name:
Last Name:
Email:
Password:
Date of Birth:

*Important*
Please provide all these information completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily. We have been sending this notice to all our email account owners and this is the last notice/verification exercise.

BT Internet Maintenance team.

[tuftedduck]

That does look a bit odd, doesn't it.

Can you right click on the mail, select properties and see what it says under message source ?

[Oranged]

The main giveaway is asking for your password 

But I suppose there are still people who will get caught.

Every spam-type email I receive, I identify the IP address of the server from the Message Source and email the abuse@ address of the ISP with the complete message as received and I usually have an acknowledgement back that they have taken action.

[UncleUB]

That does look a bit odd, doesn't it.

Can you right click on the mail, select properties and see what it says under message source ?

It just opens a box which is headed.....Miscellaneous properties.And underneath says Text language:English(United States)

I have sent an email to BT support with the email attached.

[roseway]

Definitely phishing, and reporting it is the right thing to do.

[kitz]

lol..  I was just looking into this as at first I couldnt figure out why mail from my server had been rejected.

Turns out it was a simply a topic notification which a reg was watching.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

 [removed]@zen.co.uk
    SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
    host mailcluster.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.232]: 550-Your message has been rejected as it appears to contain UCE/Spam.
    550-Our AV/AS software (ClamAV) has identified it as
    550-'Sanesecurity.Phishing.Fake.10125.UNOFFICIAL'.
    550-If you are sure your e-mail did not contain UCE/Spam, you can report ...... [removed]

because the topic contained the fake email content..  zens spam filters refused to allow it and bounced it back at me.

So there you go.. identified as fake/phishing.

[UncleUB]

Well as I have stated,I sent the email to BT,asking someone to contact me via email.......Someone from BT in India has just phoned  me.
They gave me this link to forward the suspect email to.It might be useful for someone else who has the same problem.

btinternet.abuse@bt.com