University of Tasmania, Australia

Phishing Scam Warning
Date/Time of Alert: 16 October 2010 – 10:00am

Dear Staff and Students,

Please be advised that a spam email is currently circulating the University's email system and soliciting account information from University members. The message claims that your email storage quota has been exceeded and solicits account information via a URL contained in the message.

It has been seen in the following form:

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Dear UTAS Webmail user,
You have almost exceeded your storage quota. To avoid possible loss of important data and deletion of your email account, please follow the link below
http://www.webadmn.co.cc/?778fbb6bf152777437b947
Best Wishes
UTAS Webmail Administrator

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IT Services advises all University members that this email is false and should be ignored or deleted. The University does not solicit account information via email, nor do we require any person to submit their password/security details as part of quota management processes.

Any member who has responded to this email already is advised to call the IT Service Desk on extension 1818 and immediately change their password, or make use of the University's online password change application at https://password.its.utas.edu.au/.