Anyone else get this email?

kilkennykitten

Dear Subscriber

TERMINATION OF YOUR EIRCOM.NET MAIL ACCOUNT

We are currently carrying out an upgrade on our system due to the fact
that it has come to our notice that one or more of our subscribers are
introducing a very strong virus into our system and it is affecting
our network.We are trying to find out the specific person.
For this reason all subscribers are to provide their USER NAME AND
PASSWORD for us to verify and have them cleared against this virus.
Failure to comply will lead to the termination of your Account in the
next 48 hours.

Information to send;
EMAIL ADDRESS:
USERNAME:
PASSWORD:

Hoping to serve you better.
Sincerely,
EIRCOM.NET MAIL Support
********************************************************************************************
This is an Administrative Message from EIRCOM.NET MAIL server. It is
not spam. From time to time, EIRCOM.NET MAIL server will send you such
messages in order to communicate important information about your
subscription.
***********************

Ok I presume that this is a scam but I was wondering did anyone else get this email?

TheZohanS

It's a scam.

Eircom will never ask you for your password.

Farcear

Out of curiousity, what email address did this message originate from?

kilkennykitten

Farcear wrote: »

Out of curiousity, what email address did this message originate from?

adriankeegan@eircom.net

CrinkElite

Not that they'll do anything but maybe you should forward it on to eircom.

aerocell

If you open the headers of that email you will see it orignating from a Yahoo account I bet :-)