The sender is \u201cPostmaster\u201d<\/strong> with the subject of \u201cEmail Expired\u201d. <\/strong>This\u00a0phishing scam tells you that your e-mail account will shortly expire and uses scare tactics to convince you to \u201cclick\u201d on a link to activate your email.<\/p>\n Information Technology will never send you this type of email, ask you to click on a link or provide your username or password. Do not respond to these emails or click on links.<\/p>\n If you have received mail that looks like this please immediately report it to the Information Technology Security Team using the following method:<\/p>\n Send the spam\/phishing mail to the following addresses<\/p>\n help@sun.ac.za\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0sysadm@sun.ac.za.<\/a><\/p>\n Attach 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:<\/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![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2018\/02\/postmaster-281x500.jpg\")
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