Phishing Attempt: Deactivation of Account

SUMMARY: Phishing Attempt: Deactivation of Account
POSTED ON: 02/20/2015
REPORTER: ITS Help Desk
START TIME: Feb 20 10:00 AM
END TIME: Mar 21 10:00 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.

The University of Hawaii will NEVER ask for your UH username and password in an email message.

See: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/898 for reporting a new/suspicious email targeting UH usernames.

Sample message:

From: University of Hawaii <pwillett@elon.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:16 AM
Subject: Deactivation of Account
To:


Dear email User,

To complete your Account activation with us, you are required to CLICK HERE and follow the instructions, you are required to do this before the next 48 hours of receipt of this email or your Account will be erased and Deactivated from our database.

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