by Harvard Townsend, Feb. 5, 2008
Thousands of K-Staters received one or both of two scam e-mails sent last week that tried to trick them into divulging their eID password. Below is one of the scam e-mails with suspicious content highlighted so K-Staters can identify what to watch out for. Also see How to recognize a scam e-mail in the Feb. 5 InfoTech Tuesday newsletter.
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From: "Ksu Team" <ksuteam@bellsouth.net>
Reply-to: accountupgrades03@live.com
Subject: VERIFY YOUR Ksu EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:51:45 +0000
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VERIFY YOUR Ksu EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW
Dear Ksu Email Account Owner,
This message is from Ksu messaging center to all Ksu
email account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and
e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Ksu email account to
create more space for new accounts.
To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it
below so that we will know that it's a present used account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username : .......... .....
EMAIL Password : ................
Date of Birth : .................
Country or Territory : ..........
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her
account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her
account permanently.
Thank you for using Ksu !
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
Ksu Team
Ksu.Edu BETA
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