Home News and Notices Hoax Email
Hoax Email Print E-mail
Thursday, 02 April 2009 00:00

Dear All,

Please be advised that there are many hoax email messages circulating on the internet, asking for "confirm your account details" and prompting you to divulge confidential information such as your user ID and password. If you receive any message similar to the following sample email message, please delete it immediately. Do not respond or open any attachments.

We would like to remind everyone to be very careful about email messages that ask for personal and account information. ITSC would never send a mass generic email asking for individual information, and neither would reputable banks and financial institutions. When in doubt, please forward questionable messages to ITSC support mail box This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thanks for your cooperation.

SEE SAMPLE HOAX EMAIL BELOW. IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL SIMILAR TO THIS, PLEASE DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.

Dear valued customer,

This message is from our UIC webmail Messaging Center to all our account owners.We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center.

We are deleting all unused UIC webmail account to Create more space for new accounts.

In order to ensure you do not experience service interruption during this period;you will have to confirm your UIC webmail account details by providing the following:

1.Username:....................................

2.Password:(***********)

3.Date of Birth:...............................

You will be sent a new confirmation alphanumerical password that will only be valid during this period and can be changed after this process.

We are very sorry for the inconvenience this may cost you.
Thanks for your understanding UIC webmail Administrator.

Please respond to this notice to enable us provide you better online services with our newly improved webmail features and enhancements.

各位同学,

请注意,现在在网络上有很多恶意的邮件,通过"确认你帐户的详细资料"来引导你泄露机密的信息,例如你的账号和密码。如果你收到任何类似下面例子的邮件,请马上删除。不要回应邮件及打开邮件中任何的附件。

我们提醒所有用户小心保管你的账号信息。ITSC从来不会发送询问机密信息的邮件,信誉良好的银行及金融机构也不会发送类似的邮件。

当你对邮件存在疑问的时候,请将有疑问的邮件转发到ITSC支持邮箱 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Last Updated on Monday, 22 March 2010 09:55
 
Share To:   转播到腾讯微博