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Phishing email targeting UH webmail users

SUMMARY: Phishing email targeting UH webmail users
POSTED ON: 7/16/2008
DESCRIPTION: Phishing email targeting hawaii.edu webmail subscribers has been reported.

Please do not reply to this type of message.
See: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/898 for reporting a new/suspicious email targeting UH.

Sample message (without full headers):

From SUPPORT TEAM <supportteam@hawaii.edu>
Date Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:50:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject WARNING MESSAGE

Dear HAWAII.EDU Webmail Subscriber

This mail is to inform all our {HAWAII.EDU} webmail users that we will be maintaining and upgrading our website in a couple of days from now.As a Subscriber you are required to send us your Email account details to enable us know if you are still making use of your mailbox. Be informed that we will be deleting all mail account that is not functioning to enable us create more space for new students and staffs of the school, You are to send your mail account details which are as follows:

*User Name:
*Password:
*Date of birth:

Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated from our database.

Thank you for using HAWAII.EDU
FROM THE HAWAII.EDU SUPPORT TEAM
REPORTED BY: jocelyn