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Phishing Attempt "Your mailbox has exceeded its size limit"

University IT security professionals have received alerts concerning a phishing attempt with a subject line "Your mailbox has exceeded its size limit".  The message is states that your mailbox has exceeded one or more size limits set by your administrator.  It asks you to click on a link to complete a questionaire to make more space available. This e-mail is a fraudulent message.  Please delete the message. 

A copy of the message for reference is posted below.

You will receive a warning when your mailbox reaches 90000 KB. You cannot send mail when your mailbox reaches 100000 KB. You cannot send or receive mail when your mailbox reaches 100000 KB.You may not be able to send or receive new mail until you reduce your mailbox size. To make more space available, Complete the Questionaire Below: