Hetzner Phishing Attempts

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We have received a phishing attempt for Hetzner details.

The email comes through as:

Code:
From: Konsoleh.co.za [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 27 March 2014 12:55 PM
To: Dave Strydom
Subject: You Have One New Massage

 
ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION,

Dear User:
Your account has exceeded its megabyte limit and needs to be verified. 
Verify within 24hours, to avoid account suspension

Click Here to verify your Konsoleh.co.za account 

Thank you for helping us protect you.
Copyright konsoleH 2014 | All Rights Reserved

The link takes you to a phishing site with the Konsole-H login page.

Anyone know someone in MyBB to get this put in the news to warm people not to fall for this?
 
From Hetzner:

Dear Customer

Hetzner has been made aware of suspicious emails sent from an unknown source, asking customers to verify their konsoleH account details (i.e. username and password) by clicking on a link. Hetzner will never ask you to verify your login credentials via email.

This illegal activity, known as "phishing", is used by criminals to harvest your username and password by luring you to a fake website which looks identical to the original website and asking you to login with your user details.

Important:
• If you have received an email asking you to verify your konsoleH account details and you clicked on the link, please reset your password immediately via konsoleH. If you require further assistance please contact Support on 0861-0861-08
• Please do not confuse this email with the domain registrant verification process as per new ICANN policy. This email will NOT ask you for your login details and you will only receive it if you have recently registered a domain; updated your registrant details or if the registrant address returns an email as undelivered.

Helpful tips:

• Hetzner will not threaten to terminate or suspend your account if you do not provide login credentials.
• When logging into konsoleH, you should confirm that the website address visible in your web browser is always: https://myaccount.hetzner.co.za or https://secure.konsoleh.co.za
• When visiting konsoleH you should look for a padlock in the address bar.
Please forward this notification to anyone else who makes use of konsoleH.
For any further queries, please contact [email protected]. Our consultants are available 24 hours a day for your convenience.
 
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