ZEN warn of PHISHING mail..

Seen quite a lot relating to other ISP's but have seen some for ZEN -
they are now warning of this:

We are aware of phishing emails targeting customers, purporting to
originate from Zen Internet. These emails have the subject: "your mailbox
has been deactivated" or similar, with a file attached. Virus scanners
should flag this as being infected with a Trojan virus. Zen advises that
you do not respond to the e-mail, action or open the attached utility
file. If you are unsure about the validity of any email coming from Zen
Internet please contact us on 0845 058 9000 and we will be able to
confirm if the mail is valid or not. Start: Tue, 17th Nov 2009 15:48 End:
Tue, 24th Nov 2009 09:00 Update: Tue, 24th Nov 2009 09:00 Edited: Tue,
17th Nov 2009 15:50 Status: Up Maintenance: None

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In message <hduvnm$bhu$(E-Mail Removed)>, Spamtastic Spastic
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>Seen quite a lot relating to other ISP's but have seen some for ZEN -
>they are now warning of this:
>
>We are aware of phishing emails targeting customers, purporting to
>originate from Zen Internet.

Well if they got their act together and connections to the Zen mail
servers didn't time out so regularly no-one would believe that the
mailbox had been deactivated

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Alan
news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:17:56 +0000, Alan ate alphabet spaghetti and shat
out:

> In message <hduvnm$bhu$(E-Mail Removed)>, Spamtastic Spastic
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>Seen quite a lot relating to other ISP's but have seen some for ZEN -
>>they are now warning of this:
>>
>>We are aware of phishing emails targeting customers, purporting to
>>originate from Zen Internet.
>
> Well if they got their act together and connections to the Zen mail
> servers didn't time out so regularly no-one would believe that the
> mailbox had been deactivated

Never had anything other than a minor blip of an issue with their mail
servers myself. However there are some *other* issues, such as customer
static ranges listed in L2 aspews {requires ISP to take action, could die
waiting} and regular on/off blacklists for their shared hosting servers -
which is hardly surprising given it has some 1200 hosting customers on it
at £5 per month. Spammers will try their luck (only to find it's rate
controlled LOL.....)

But connectivity - nope, that's not been an issue...

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