PHISHING..."FISHING FOR INFORMATION"

 I received the following email

and it struck me as suspicious, right from the start.

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 Dear xanadoo.com User

HTK4S a virus was detected in xanadoo.com Webmail server, and xanadoo.com all webmail accounts must be
updated immediately to prevent damage to the webmail xanadoo.com.

You are asked to provide the identity account listed below to allow us to check and maintain your account
with the new version HTK4S anti-virus/anti-Spam 2011. failure to provide valid information, your account
will be temporarily suspended from our services.

Name :..................
User Name ...............
Password :............
Date of Birth :...........

Webmail Copyright © xanadoo.com 2011 All rights reserved

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First of all,  poor punctuation caught my eye. 

The email didn't look professional.

Second:

I KNEW Xanadoo would NOT be asking for my name,

user name,

Password,

Date of Birth

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I immediately sent the email to  Xanadoo, 

receiving the following reply.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Erin Thom via RT" <support@xdtn.com>
To: <bjconklin@xanadoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:23 AM
Subject: [Xanadoo #46917] Lubbock - Sales : email


> The email you have gotten is called a "Phishing" email. It is a scam and
> not
> from Xanadoo. Please know that Xanadoo will NEVER ask you for personal
> information through email communications. I have included a Wiki link
> about
> Phishing so that you may further learn about this invasion of privacy.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
>
> Thank you
> Xanadoo Support

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PHISHING is when an email purporting to be from a legitimate source attempts to trick you into volunteering your personal or credential-related information.
(FISHING FOR INFORMATION, hence the name.)

These messages vary in content, but all claim to be from a legitimate sources such as
EBAY
YOUR BANK
PAY PAL

IF you receive such a message, you should treat it as SPAM
and simply delete it.
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I am sure most of you are already aware of all this but, just in case there's

someone out there that ISN'T AWARE,

I wanted to share this incident with you.
♥♥♥

NOW....go have a fun day !

WOO HOOoooooooooooooooooooo

LOVE, bj