News & Alerts - Phishing Scams

Charter Communications believes in protecting the privacy of our customers. As a general policy, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

If you receive an e-mail claiming to be from Charter Communications requesting you to update sensitive account information, do not reply to the e-mail as it is likely a phishing scam. Instead, report it to Charter Communications for investigation.

Reporting Phishing Scams to Charter Communications

Charter Webmail Users

If you check your e-mail through charter.net:

  • Place a check mark on the message and click the "Report as Spam" button located between the "Subject" and "Date" columns.

Mail Client Users

If you use a 3rd party e-mail clients such as: Microsoft Outlook® Outlook Express®, Windows Mail®, etc.:

  • Send the potential phishing scam to Charter for review. To do this, DO NOT alter the e-mail and send it in its entirety including the e-mail header to phishing@charter.net.

Phishing Scams Aimed at Charter Communications

Below are examples of recent phishing scams aimed at Charter Communications:

 

Phishing Example 1

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 1

Phishing Example 2

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 2

Phishing Example 3

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 3

Phishing Example 4

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 4

Phishing Example 5

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 5

Phishing Example 6

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 6

Phishing Example 7

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 7

Phishing Example 8

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 8

Phishing Example 9

Remember, Charter would never request sensitive account information such as account numbers, user names or passwords via unsecured channels such as e-mail.

Phishing Example 9

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Additional Information

Click here to learn how to view the full e-mail header of an e-mail.

Click here for information on what to do if you have responded to a phishing scam.

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