Beware of the 'Error From Your Mail Server' Scam

There is yet another email-related scam distributed online, using malicious spam email campaigns.

The scam is dubbed simply "Error from your mail server" and used an old trick to bait victims into disclosing their credentials. Like many other phishing scams, this one tried to fool the victim that something is wrong with the email server the victim is using. Victims are urged to log into their email account again to fix the supposed fake error.

Trying to do that by following the link in the scam email only opens a phishing portal that is set up to mimic a login interface, which steals the victim's email credentials. Once stolen, those credentials can be used to completely take over the account in question and lead to significant privacy issues.

The full text of the scam, which is thankfully riddled with errors that should make the malicious intent more obvious, goes as follows:

Error From your Mail server

You're receiving this email because (4) of your incoming messages in "[redacted]" has failed to be delivered.

Kindly, try re-activating new session and retry again.

To avoid deleting this mails, kindly use the below link to login and restore these emails to your inbox.

Restore Emails

Note: Your emails may not be delivered until you verify your account session. 

Be wary of similar scams and remember you should never click links in unsolicited emails that ended up in your email inbox.