Yes, it is. Here is how it works: Such emails are broadcast by the scammers, and those who have 'eskimo' accounts believe they have received it because they are customers, and a so a few of them respond, thus providing the scammers with the info needed to use the user's computer as a 'zombie.'
The scams are evolving and becoming cleverer. No legitimate service will ask for password info over email, and, of course, a legitimate service will already have the user name. Another scam going around is where one visits an unsafe website, whereupon a window pops open saying you have a security breach and malware has been discovered on your machine and 'run this program' to remove it. The victim 'runs the program' and it essentially seizes control of the machine. Then the user has to 'buy' a software program from the 'vendor' to remove the control and regain access to their machine. Beware, everyone. If it doesn't seem right, do what Taylor has done. Ask around before going along. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Taylor J. Smith Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Vo]:strange request Hi All, 10-21-09 Is this a scam? Jack Smith --------------- Dear eskimo.com Subscriber, We are currently carrying-out a mantainace process to your eskimo.com account, to complete this, you must reply to this mail immediately, and enter your User Name here (,,,,,,,,) And Password here (.......) if you are the rightful owner of this account. This process we help us to fight against spam mails.Failure to summit your password, will render your email address in-active from our database. NOTE: If your have done this before, you may ignore this mail. You will be send a password reset messenge in next seven (7) working days after undergoing this process for security reasons.
