SCAM WARNING: VERIFY YOUR BRANBEIS.EDU EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW posted by Elliot Kendall in Technical Support April 14, 2008

Early this morning, Brandeis received its fourth round of targeted scam emails trying to trick users into revealing their UNet passwords. (see also round 1, round 2, and round 3).

If you receive a message like the one below, DO NOT RESPOND. If you have already responded, call the LTS Techdesk right away at x6SRVC.

From: Admin Help Desk <adminhelp.desk@brandeis.edu>
Date: April 14, 2008 4:51:32 AM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: VERIFY YOUR BRANBEIS.EDU EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW
Reply-To: help.deskgroup2@gmail.com

VERIFY YOUR BRANBEIS.EDU EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW

Dear brandeis.edu Email Account Owner,

This message is from brandeis.edu messaging center to all  
brandeis.edu email account owners. We are currently upgrading our  
data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused  
brandeis.edu 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  
accountpermanently.

Thank you for using brandeis.edu
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
brandeis.edu Team
http://www.brandeis.edu

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