Remember, the University WILL NEVER request information about your email account.
Any messages you receive that say otherwise are phishing for personal information.
ALWAYS delete these messages. One such message was received by UD personnel on Oct. 19, 2011.
From: "UNIVERSITY WEB CENTER" Subject: .Dear .Webmail. Account .Owner! Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:10:02 +0100 .Dear .Webmail . Account .Owner, This message is from the University Webmail Messaging Center to all email account owners. We are currently carrying out scheduled maintenance, upgrade of our web mail service and we are changing our mail host server, as a result your original password will be reset. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. To complete your webmail email account upgrade, you must reply to this email immediately and provide the information requested below. *************************************************************** CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY NOW E-mail Address: User Name/ID: Password: Re-type Password: **************************************************************** Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated from the University Webmail. **************************************************************** This E-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended Recipient please accept our apologies; Please do not Disclose, Copy or Distribute Information in this E-mail or take any action in Reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be Unlawful. Please inform us that this Message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your Co-operation. Copyright ?2011 University Webmaster. All Rights Reserved
I’m amazed that some people still think a message like this is legitimate. Like UD is every going to ask you to send your password in via email. Love the typos, and capitalization, too.
And what the heck does this sentence mean? “Please inform us that this Message has gone astray before deleting it.” [sic]
Here’s another variation of this one, with the scary subject line “Deactivation of your Email Address”:
From: Cleto Yanes
Subject: Deactivation of your Email Address
Date: October 20, 2011 9:01:03 PM EDT
THIS MESSAGE IS FROM OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM This message is sent
automatically by the computer. If you are receiving this message it means
that your email address has been queued for deactivation; this was as a
result of a continuous error script (code:505)receiving from this email
address. Click here and fill out the required field to resolve this problem
Note: Failure to reset your email by ignoring this message or inputting wrong information will result to instant deactivation of this email
address
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In the original, hovering the mouse over “Click here” showed a link in Turkey. So, no UDel link, request for too much information, and coming from a “cityofgalveston.org” address? Delete!