URGENT - Possible phishing email - PLEASE PAW
posted about 11 years ago
EDIT: It has been confirmed by DoIT that this is NOT authentic, and this email should not be responded to in any way.
UMBC STUDENTS! URGENT!
If you got an email from "Helpdesk@umbc.edu" asking you to verify your account. The email looks suspiciously like a phishing trick to me.
Please paw to help get the word out.
Below is the email I received:
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This E-mail is sent by the HelpDesk Expert for IT Support system for Mailbox notification and update purposes. We are conducting an email sweep upgrade due to our new login home page that is coming up soon for your better and faster server. So we are removing all unused email and registration of all active Student/Staff mail account to enable the University create new logins for our 2013/2014 students and staff. So all users are to verify there accounts.
To go to verification page and follow the instructions on the popup page
IMPORTANT NOTICE: ACCOUNT OWNER THAT REFUSES TO VERIFY/UPGRADE HIS/HER ACCOUNT WILL LEADS TO YOUR ACCOUNT DE-ACTIVATION WITHIN 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE URGENT THAT CONTAINED IN THIS SHEET.
Copyright@2013 Help-desk Technical Support Centre.
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(edited about 11 years ago)
