University of Tasmania, Australia

Phishing Scam Warning
Date/Time of Alert: 19 July 2010 – 11:00am

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 inactive email accounts are being removed due to space issues on servers, and encourages people to provide their account details to prevent account closure.

It has been seen in the following form:

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Dear "EDU WEBMAIL" E-mail user,
This message is from our messaging center to all our e-mail account owners.All Inactive accounts will be removed to make room for new accounts.You are also advised to provide us with the under listed information, so we check the status of your e-mail account;
Full Name:
E-mail Username:
E-mail Password:
Warning! Not doing this will instantly make your account inactive.
SEND TO DETAILS <email address removed>

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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 email maintenance 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.