Today I received the following notification on my 4620 jetpack: For security purposes, your VZW account has been locked. Visit »
myvszwirelesslive.url.ph and confirm data.
I found this message because quite atypically the hotspot broadcast range diminished significantly and suddenly, albeit temporarily.
My internet connection did not drop, but my iPad could not detect the hotspot, and my nexus7 was able to continue detecting the hotspot. After some time passed, during which I power-cycled the hotspot, the iPad once again found the 4620. There had been a definite decrease in the broadcast range of the hotspot for some 10 minutes--noticeable because I was using the iPad in another part of the house and an app on my nex7 showed the strength of the signal to be much lower than normal, tho still present.
The notification did not disappear after power-cycling, which included removal of the battery and sim card. I see no way to remove the message from any options on the device menus.
I contacted Millenicom CS to report the situation and ask if this was coming from Verizon or, if not, if they had any info. No help there, I'm afraid. Maybe they never encountered this message before.... I was advised to just keep on using the internet, so long as I had no further problems. The CS rep said maybe VZWwas doing a network refresh in my area.
I googled the website referenced in the message. No such place. But there was a hosting site called "url.ph" which claims to be the biggest one out there and offers international availablility via individual sub-domains. Not sure what to make of that or of any other data so far gleaned. I was even wondering if my locked network had been locally hacked and now I may have to deal with someone either using my data or accessing my info or accounts. I'm not sure of the message's intent for me to go to an inaccessible website where I am supposed to confirm my data. Sounds suspiciously like phishing to me, but did not come to me by way of email or a web browser.
I'm not ignorant of such scams, and I am very careful about what I do online and how to avoid trouble. At least I thought I was.
If anyone has any ideas at all, I'm listening. I rather hope no one suggests resetting the 4620 or my network password. (What a pain!)
