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February 24, 2012
Fake "Your mailbox" Spam/Phishing Message
Another phishing message is hitting a number of mailboxes on the Math & Stats mail server - it's just an attempt to get your password from you.
Neither I nor other RHPCS staff members will ever ...
- ask you for your password
- send a message without signing off with the name of a specific RHPCS staff member
- commit more than two outrageous solecisms per message
Here is the text of the scammy message.
ATTENTION;
Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit which is 5GB as set by your administrator, you are currently running on 10.9GB,you may not be able to send or receive new mail until you re-validate your mailbox. To re-validate your mailbox please send the following details below:
Name:
Username:
Password:
Retype Password:
Email Address:
If you fail to re-validate your mailbox, your mailbox will be De-activated!!!
Thanks
System Administrator
