| SUMMARY: | Phishing Attempt: ATTN: Webmail Account User |
| POSTED ON: | 09/23/2009 |
| REPORTER: | ITS Help Desk (help@hawaii.edu) |
| START TIME: | Sep 23 09:07 AM |
| END TIME: | Oct 24 09:07 AM |
| DESCRIPTION: |
A phishing attempt has been reported supposedly from the University of Hawaii. Please do NOT reply to the email or click on the link. Do NOT submit your personal information.
See: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/898 for reporting a new/suspicious email targeting UH usernames. Sample message: Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:52:50 +0100 From: System Administrator <info@admin.it> Reply-To: webmail-administrator@tmail.tv To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: ATTN: Webmail Account User Your Webmail Account Expire in Two (2) Days This message was sent automatically by a program on Webmail admin center which periodically checks the size of inbox, The program is run automatically to ensure no user inbox grows too large. If your inbox becomes too large, you will be unable to receive new emails. Just before this message was sent, you are currently running on 20.9GB,You have has exceeded the storage limit which is 20GB. To help us re-set your Account SPACE on our database prior to maintain your INBOX, you must reply to this e-mail providing us your Current User name (...... ......) and Password ( ... ...... ... ) e-mail (... ... ... ... ). If your inbox grows to 22.0 GB, you will be unable to receive newemail as it will be returned to the sender. NB:Your Webmail Account Expire in Two (2) Days. After you read this message, it is best to REPLY with the required nformation to upgrade MailBox. Reply to this message immediately to Re activate your Account. Thank you for your cooperation. Webmail Help Desk. System Administrator. -------------------------------------------- |
