AT&T Worldnet Service, the company’s Internet service provider, is warning customers that they may have been targeted by an e-mail scam designed to capture their credit card information, according to wire service reports.

A company spokesman said the e-mails, which contain the subject line “Billing Update Requested (Urgent)” directed customers to a spoofed, or fake, Web site and asked them to supply their credit card information. Hopkins said the sender’s e-mail address is either “[email protected],” or “[email protected].”

This scam is an example of phishing or using fraudulent e-mails to trick recipients into clicking through to a Web site that looks like that of a particular company, like AT&T Worldnet, and then duping them into providing their personal information.

AT&T Worldnet Service, the company’s Internet service provider, is warning customers that they may have been targeted by an e-mail scam designed to capture their credit card information, according to wire service reports.

A company spokesman said the e-mails, which contain the subject line “Billing Update Requested (Urgent)” directed customers to a spoofed, or fake, Web site and asked them to supply their credit card information. Hopkins said the sender’s e-mail address is either “[email protected],” or “[email protected].”

This scam is an example of phishing or using fraudulent e-mails to trick recipients into clicking through to a Web site that looks like that of a particular company, like AT&T Worldnet, and then duping them into providing their personal information.

AT&T Worldnet Service, the company’s Internet service provider, is warning customers that they may have been targeted by an e-mail scam designed to capture their credit card information, according to wire service reports.

A company spokesman said the e-mails, which contain the subject line “Billing Update Requested (Urgent)” directed customers to a spoofed, or fake, Web site and asked them to supply their credit card information. Hopkins said the sender’s e-mail address is either “[email protected],” or “[email protected].”

This scam is an example of phishing or using fraudulent e-mails to trick recipients into clicking through to a Web site that looks like that of a particular company, like AT&T Worldnet, and then duping them into providing their personal information.