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Phishing Attempt: Dear Hawaii University E-mail User

SUMMARY: Phishing Attempt: Dear Hawaii University E-mail User
POSTED ON: 10/08/2009
REPORTER: ITS Help Desk (help@hawaii.edu)
START TIME: Oct 08 09:28 AM
END TIME: Nov 09 09:28 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: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:33:26 +0100
From: Hawaii University <info@Hawaii.edu>
Reply-To: web.acc.upg@gmail.com
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Subject: Dear Hawaii University E-mail User

Dear Hawaii University E-mail User,

To complete your account activation with us, you are Required to reply to
this message and enter your password in The spaces provided () you are
required to do this before the Next 48 hours of receipt of this email or
your database will Be erased and de-activated from our database.

Full Name:
User Name:
ID:
Password:

Your account can also be verified below:
https://mail.hawaii.edu/uwc/auth
Thank you for using hawaii.edu/.