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It seems that scammers are now attempting to use student e-mail addresses to send out spam.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you get mail with the subject of \u201cmorning\u201d<\/strong>, supposedly coming from a student account (studentnumber@sun.ac.za<\/a>) with the following content, please ignore and delete it.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/em><\/strong>We are conducting a \u00a0standard process investigation involving a late client who \u00a0shares the same surname with you and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client.Are you aware of \u00a0any relative\/relation having the same surname? Send email to: scammer@scam.com<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This is a typical Nigerian 419 Advance Fee scam. Do not respond to this mail. The scammers just want to see who will respond so they can con you out of some money.<\/p>\n A reminder again of how to correctly report spam and phishing scams:<\/p>\n Send the spam\/phishing mail to the following addresses:\u00a0<\/p>\n help@sun.ac.za\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0sysadm@sun.ac.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0Attach the phishing or suspicious mail on to the message if possible. There is a good tutorial on how to do this at the following link (which is safe): http:\/\/stbsp01.stb.sun.ac.za\/innov\/it\/it-help\/Wiki%20Pages\/Spam%20sysadmin%20Eng.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n IF YOU HAVE FALLEN FOR THE SCAM:<\/u><\/p>\n If you did click on the link of this phishing spam and unwittingly give the scammers your username, e-mail address and password you should immediately go to http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/useradm<\/a> and change the passwords on ALL your university accounts (making sure the new password is completely different, and is a strong password that will not be easily guessed.) as well as changing the passwords on your social media and private e-mail accounts (especially if you use the same passwords on these accounts.)<\/p>\n\n