Examples of Phishing Email Messages Recently Received at UCSF
Examples of Phishing emails recently received at UCSF
Example #1:
We are sending it to every user for safety/maintainance from spam mails.
Dear ucsf.edu Account User,
This Email is from (ucsf.edu ) help desk and we are sending it to every
of
We are sending you this email so that you can verify and in order to
* Username: (........ )(Compulsory)
Before sending your account details to us, you are advise to Login into
this
Note that if your account do Login send us the details, if otherwise it
means
All you have to do is Click Reply and supply the information above,
©University of California, San Francisco(ucsf.edu) |
Example #2:
E-Mail Account Update
From: University of Califonia Technical Informations Department Attention E-Mail Account Holder,
We are currently performing maintenance for our Digital mail Account
In order to ensure you do not experience service interruption, Please
University of California Technical Informations Department. University of California Mail Copyright © 1998-2008 Mirapoint, Inc |
Example #3:
Alert: Account Expires In 4 Days
From: helpdesk.ucsf.edu [mailto:[email protected]]
Dear Webmail User,
Current User name: { }
You will continue to receive this warning message periodically if your
inbox size continues to be between 18 and 20 MB. If your inbox size grows to 20
MB, then a program on Bates Webmail will move your oldest email to a folder in
your home directory to ensure that you will continue to be able to receive
incoming email. You will be notified by email that this has taken place. If your
inbox grows to 25 MB, you will be unable to receive new email as it will be
returned to the sender.
Thank you for your cooperation. |
Example #4:
Deactivation Of Your Webmail Account! From: Support Center Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:33 PM Subject: Deactivation Of Your Webmail Account! Kindly note that We recently did some upgrade on our database. During the upgrade there was an unusual responds code from your email address requesting for deactivation. Verify to deactivate or keep your email account active. In order to verify/confirm you email identity, You are to provide the following data; CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW First Name:___________________________ Last Name:____________________________ Email Username:_______________________ Email Password: _______________________
Account Deactivation:_No_____ (specify yes to deactivate. No to keep
Reason for Deactivation___N/A__________(if yes) Warning!!! in failure to verify your email account within 48hrs on receiving this notification, your account will automatically be deactivated Thank you for using our Webmail! warning Code: ABC1234AAA Kind regards, The webmail service Team Management. ABN 33 All rights reserved. |