We’re getting increased reports of phishing emails to customers claiming to be from TDS but are actually from @cableone email addresses in many cases.
These phishing attempts, which urge you to click on web links and/or open a Google form, are NOT from us. In fact, they say that we’re changing our name to Oath which is patently untrue (nor are we part of Verizon).
Here’s one example:
We’re working to block emails from this domain name on our email servers. If you clicked on any links or entered any information, please update your TDS email password immediately. For more information about phishing scams, we have a variety of resources:
Thanks for this. I got another one today. I’m getting them daily with different senders each time, but all from “cableone’.
IS THIS A VALID EMAIL FROM TDS?
TDS
Dear TDS Client,
We’re writing to let you know that we have updated our system on Saturday, July 31, 2021 .
You have to verify your most recent contact information in order to avoid any loss of service
Please visit Privacy & Security Center to verify your account
Please do not reply to this email as this mailbox is not monitored. This is a MANDATORY
notification e-mail sent to inform you of updates to your products and services.
You cannot unsubscribe from MANDATORY notification e-mails.
Copyright ©2021 TDS Telecommunications Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
IS THIS A VALID EMAIL FROM TDS?
It is not. We already have your contact information so we would never ask you verify it :-). You were wise to check!
Thank you. I’ve received 3 in the last week😔
Thank you . I have been getting them too
aha. I got one of those this morning, I’ll dump it now, and ty
I just received a similar message as follows:
TDS Web mail
Log in with your email address :
Accurate contact information is critical to allow us to communicate with you about potential fraud alerts,
Please take a moment to review your email address, phone number and address registered with us and make any necessary updates.
Please login to your webmail at login.tds.auth-gateway.net to make sure this was a technical issue and your accounts remain safe.
Thank you for taking this important step to help us provide a better service.
Yup, that’s a phishing email all right!
Got this one today.
Dear TDS Client ,
We’re writing to let you know that we have updated our system.
You have to verify your most recent contact information in order to avoid any loss of service and avoid any irregular activity .
Please visit Privacy & Security Center to verify your account
Please do not reply to this email as this mailbox is not monitored. This is a MANDATORY
notification e-mail sent to inform you of updates to your products and services.
You cannot unsubscribe from MANDATORY notification e-mails.
Thanks for being a customer,
The Team at TDS
Copyright ©2021 TDS Telecommunications Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
Dated Sep 14, 2021. Looks Phishy to me: please advise sender appears to be dmjewell@tds.net or TDSWebmail
This is an automatically generated e-mail
Dear TDS Customer,
We’ve been Alerted to unauthorized use of your TDS ID
In order to protect your identity, we’ve already suspended your online account features including the billing informaion associated with with your TDS ID
Please verify your identity to access your complete account features
Log in to My Account
We look forward to continuing to serve you.
P.S. If you prefer not to receive these survey invitations in the future, please click the following link to opt-out
I agree. This looks very phishy!