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Email Scam: Did you receive an Email claiming Mailbox Quota Reached. Your email address has reached the space limit defined by the administrator. You will be blocked from sending and receiving messages if it is not checked within 48 hours

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Have You Received a Scam Email?
Claiming "Mailbox Quota Reached. Your email address has reached the space limit defined by the administrator. You will be blocked from sending and receiving messages if it is not checked within 48 hours"

Did you receive an email appearing to come from your email domain or provider , claiming Mailbox Quota Reached. Your email address has reached the space limit defined by the administrator. You will be blocked from sending and receiving messages if it is not checked within 48 hours ? Did they then instruct you to III or something similar?

Well, don't fall for it.  It is a scam, and if you follow their instructions you will give the scammers access to your email account and possibly lose your identity! The people behind this are the worst kind of human scum; willing to do anything to scare, threaten, lie, cheat and steal money from anyone, including the elderly and poor. They usually operate out of Nigeria, China, Russia and even some developed western countries. Attachments typically include malware to infect your computer, tablet or phone and allow the scammer to capture your passwords.

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1. Report received, May 18, 2013:

   Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2019 9:09 AM
   To: blakesmith2016@gmail.com
   Subject: ***SPAM*** Notifica- blakesmith2016@gmail.com Mailbox Limit!!!

    Dear blakesmith2016,

   Mailbox Quota Reached. 

   Your email address has reached the space limit defined by the administrator.  You will be blocked from sending and receiving messages if it is not checked within 48 hours from 6/2/2019 15:08:42  

    Click below your email to quickly validate and additional space will be automatically updated.

    Current Usage:  945,60 Megabytes (945.82 MB)
   Quota warning threshold:  821,20 Megabytes (821.00 MB)
   Quota size limit :   876,800 Megabytes (876,80 MB)

   
   Validated blakesmith2016@gmail.com
   
   
   Regards.

   gmail.com  mailbox support 2019.

    

Information About  The "Mailbox Quota Reached" scam email

There are several websites that focus on reports of scam Emails.

The links below go to pages on these other websites were you can read reports about the scams associated with this phone number (your email domain or provider , claiming Mailbox Quota Reached. Your email address has reached the space limit defined by the administrator. You will be blocked from sending and receiving messages if it is not checked within 48 hours ):

• Microsoft Safety and Security Center
• Microsoft Community - Windows Support Scam - I was called by someone who said they were windows support and my computer was sending them warnings and messages!
• ARS Technica

 

It is a scam

Don't fall for it.  It is a scam. If you click on the links, you will be asked to log in, with YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD>  In other words this is a phishing attempt top gain access to your email account.

The links in the email go to:

http://admin.email-security.ga/mail-master.commail-master.commail-master.commail-master.commail-master.commail-master.commail-master.commail-master.com/index.php?email=YOUREMAILID

What to do

Just ignore it and delete the email. Do not click on anything in the email.

Apple offers the following advice:

If you get a suspicious Email:
Scammers spoof phone numbers and use flattery and threats to pressure you into giving them information, money, and even iTunes gift cards. Always verify the caller's identity before you provide any personal information. If you get an unsolicited call from someone claiming to be from Apple, hang up and contact us directly.

Microsoft says:

Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers use scare tactics to trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services that supposedly fix contrived device, platform, or software problems.
Scammers may call you directly on your phone and pretend to be representatives of a software company. They might even spoof the caller ID so that it displays a legitimate support phone number from a trusted company. They can then ask you to install applications that give them remote access to your device. Using remote access, these experienced scammers can misrepresent normal system output as signs of problems.

Cybercriminals don't just send fraudulent email messages and set up fake websites. They might also call you on the telephone and claim to be from Microsoft. They might offer to help solve your computer problems or sell you a software license. Once they have access to your computer, they can do the following:

Trick you into installing malicious software that could capture sensitive data, such as online banking user names and passwords. They might also then charge you to remove this software.

Related Scams

There are a number of common telephone scams, such as:

• Collect Call scams
• Inmate collect call scams
• Phone service is about to be cut off
• Telemarketers

and some new and as yet, uncommon scams.

Information About Specific Phone numbers

There are several websites that focus on reports of scam Emails. See these:

• 1800Notes
• WhoCalled.us
• WhoCallsMe.com

What to do about it

See these pages for guidance as applicable to your specific situation:

• If you are certain you don't owe a debt: What to do about harassing Emails
• If you may owe a debt: Debt collection Emails - what they may do, what the may not do and how to stop them
• If you are being harassed by the collector: file a compliant against a debt collector with the FTC - Use this form to submit a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection about a particular company or organization..
• How to stop telemarketers

 

For a comprehensive list of national and international agencies to report scams, see this page.