I got an email from “switch@trueswitch.com on behalf of Corinna S. [xxxxxx@ymail.com]” a couple of days ago. Corinna is a co-worker of mine, so the name and announcement sounded ok. When I looked up her contact info in my address book I discovered that her alleged gmail address mentioned in this switch email was not in my contact info. That threw a red flag. With contacts of people I know well I’m usually I’m pretty ‘tidy’ and would have their personal email address right. it turns out the email was fake, the “previous” private email address was not correct, and someone tried to get some business and confidential information. Here’s the screenshot how it looked like:
Identity Theft via Trueswitch.com
I received the same tupe of request, related to my AOL account:
We have detected that you have changed your AOL ( xxxxxxxx@aol.com ) account password. We can not complete the AOL Easy Trasnfer services you requested unless you verify that your AOL account and password is still active.
Please click here to resubmit your password so we can continue to complete your AOL Easy Trasnfer requests.
The AOL Easy Trasnfer Team.
Try AOL Easy Transfer next time you plan to switch your e-mail or Internet account: http://www.trueswitch.com/aol
I have submitted this to AOL for their information also