We have noticed a rise in phishing attempts over the last 24 hours. If you receive an email that looks like the following, do NOT attempt to open the attachment. If you are using Google Apps hosted email, click on the down arrow beside the reply button and look for the link that says “report phishing.” This tells Google that the email is a suspected phishing attempt so they can investigate. It also removes the email to your spam folder.
Dear Customer,
This e-mail was send by admin@(domain you may be familiar with) to notify you that we have temporarily prevented access to your account.
We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please open attached file (open.html) and Follow instructions.
(domain you may be familiar with)
It will have an attachment called open.html (or some other name). Again, do NOT attempt to open this attachment.
If you are concerned that the email is a legitimate attempt to contact you by a company with which you hold an account, you should contact that company directly.
AuctionServices.com, Inc. Team
