Dec. 8-WARNING: We have been getting numerous e-mail messages from what looks like Embarq Corporation customer service asking you for vital information-MESSAGE FROM Patrick County of Chamber

Date: December 16, 2008 To: Patrick County Chamber of Commerce Membership We have been getting numerous e-mail messages from what looks like Embarq Corporation customer service asking you for vital information such as: Password, username, date of birth, country or territory Here is a quote from Embarq official contacts: “EMBARQ does not ever solicit or request personal information from our customers via email. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact our customer service at 1-877-6GO-DATA (1-877-646-3282).� These fraudulent messages are called “phishing e-mails� and they are actually spam. I hope this is helpful to you, because many of you are e-mail customers of Embarq. Sincerely, Tom Bishop Executive Director 276-694-6012 Definition from Wikepedia: Phishing-(fish´ing) (n.) The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.