Phishing attempt claiming to be Lsu.Edu Webmail Team
University IT security professionals have received alerts concerning a phishing attempt from an attacker claiming to be "Lsu.Edu Webmail Team". The message asks for the user's email, userID, and password. This email is a fraudulent message. ITS will NEVER ask anyone for their PAWS password or other personally identifiable information (e.g. SSN, LSUID) in an email. If you receive this message, DO NOT reply to it.
A copy of the phishing attempt is shown below for reference.
| This message was sent automatically by a program on webmail mailbox which periodically checks the size of inbox, where new messages are received. The program is run weekly to ensure no one's inbox grows too large. If your inbox becomes too large, you will be unable to receive new email. Just before this message was sent, you had 18 Megabytes (MB) or more of messages stored in your inbox (webmail), To help us re-set your SPACE on our database prior to maintain your INBOX, you must reply to this e-mail and enter your: Email{ } UserID: { } and Password: { } You will continue to receive this warning message periodically if your inbox size continues to be between 18 and 20 MB. If your inbox size grows to 20 MB, then a program on Bates webmail Inbox will move your oldest email to a folder in your home directory to ensure that you will continue to be able to receive incoming email. You will be notified by email that this has taken place. If your inbox grows to 25MB, you will be unable to receive new email as it will be returned to the sender.After you read a message, it is best to REPLY and SAVE a copy. Warning!!! Account owner that refuse to send this information after 3 days of receiving this warning will lose his/her webmail account permanently. Thank you for your cooperation. Webmail Help Desk® |
This announcement posted Thursday, August 13, 2009