A new phishing attempt has been recently released, that appears to be from the University of Tulsa. Please be reminded that under NO circumstance will the University of Tulsa ask for your user name, password, or private information over email. If you have responded to any email with your username, password, or private information please change your password immediately, and contact the Help Desk, 631.3500, to ensure that your account has not been compromised.
The version of phishing attempt most recently received is copied below.
DO NOT RESPOND to any email that asks for your user name, password, or private information.
-CSRT
Phishing attempt below.
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WEBMAIL USERS Maintenance Notice
This message was sent automatically by a program on
Webmail which periodicallychecks the size of inboxes,
where new messages are received.
The program is run weekly to ensure no one's inbox grows
too large. If yourinbox becomes too large, you will be
unable to receive new email.
Just before this message was sent, you had 18 Megabytes
(MB) or more ofmessages stored in your inbox on your
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:
Current User name: { }
and Password: { }
You will continue to receive this warning message
periodically if your inboxsize continues to be between 18
and 20 MB. If your inbox size growsto 20 MB, then a
program on Bates Webmail will move your oldestYou will
continue to receive this warning message periodically if
your inboxsize continues to be between 18 and 20 MB. If
your inbox size grows to 20 MB, then a program on Bates
Webmail will move your oldest email to a folder
in your home directory to ensure that you will continue to
be ableto receive incoming email. You will be notified by
email that this has taken
place. If your inbox grows to 25 MB, 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.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Webmail Help Desk
