New EU guidelines at 1&1: If you agree, your data will be stolen

An email is currently causing a stir among 1&1 customers. Contrary to what the subject “Please confirm your email address: personal email address” suggests, it is about new EU guidelines. But be careful, the message does not come from the telecommunications provider, but from fraudsters. They want to steal your data with the phishing email.

The supposed guidelines serve as a pretext for the theft. These were supposedly introduced to reduce the risk of data leaks and protect you from unauthorized third-party access to your information. You are required to accept the terms of use immediately. If you don’t do this, the fraudsters will threaten to temporarily block your email address.

To accept the terms and conditions, you should click on the button that says “Agree and Continue”. However, you should refrain from doing this. According to consumer advice centers, the link leads to a fake 1&1 website. All data you provide there will be forwarded to the fraudsters. Your information will then be misused or resold on the dark web.

A phishing email was recently sent in the name of 1&1. She also threatened to block your email address. A clear sign of attempted fraud. The provider itself would not do this. Apart from that, you can recognize the current scam based on the dubious sender address, despite the personal salutation.

If you have any doubts, you can always contact 1&1 customer service via official channels. This will then tell you whether the message is real or not. Until you are sure, you should never randomly click on third-party links. By the way, you can safely put this phishing email in your spam folder and forget about it.

Simple signs: How to recognize every phishing email

A first indication that you have received a phishing email: The email will ask you to confirm personal information or enter it on a website. This Under no circumstances should you comply with the demand. In addition, criminals often use the official logos of the companies they are copying in their emails, but not official sender addresses.

If the sender seems suspicious to you, you should read the email twice. You will often find spelling errors or inconsistencies in German grammar. The attackers usually do not write their own emails, but instead use automatically generated messages or translate known emails with a translation program. But why actually go through all the effort?

What do criminals achieve with phishing attacks?

Phishing is used on the Internet to collect real user data. These can be used to make money when email addresses, names and other information are sold for advertising purposes or passed on in criminal forums. With the data obtained, cyber criminals can also target future phishing attacks more specifically, making their attacks more effective.

Attachments and links contained in malicious emails often introduce malware or viruses to your computer. In addition, you should not simply ignore suspicious emails. Forward it to the email address above and help us report future phishing attacks.

More fraud warnings on netzwelt – stay one step ahead of cybercriminals

But phishing emails are not the only danger lurking on the Internet. In addition to attempted fraud, there are all sorts of viruses, Trojans and malware that can infect your computer. Unfortunately, data scandals are also part of everyday digital life. You can see the five most recent articles on the topic of “fraud warnings” below:

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