{"id":4150,"date":"2013-06-18T15:54:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T13:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2016-01-18T15:38:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T13:38:40","slug":"warning-new-phishing-email-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2013\/06\/warning-new-phishing-email-3\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->WARNING: New phishing e-mail<!--:--><!--:af-->WAARSKUWING: Nuwe &#8220;phishing&#8221; e-pos<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p>If you receive an email claiming to be from the IT department (see example below), do not open it or click on any of the links.<\/p>\n<p>This is a phishing email attempting to acquire your passwords and other information. Immediately delete the email and do not reply to it.<\/p>\n<p>IT e-mails will always be in the same format with IT&#8217;s name, correct contact details, the SU logo and and English and Afrikaans version. Please read our guidelines on how to distinguish between an offical e-mail and a phishing e-mail<a href=\"https:\/\/stbsp01.stb.sun.ac.za\/innov\/it\/it-help\/Wiki%20Pages\/Phishing.aspx\">\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p>From: University Mail Quota Verification\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:fakemail@fakeserver.com\">[mailto:donotclickhere@cca.edu<\/a>]<br \/> Sent: 17 June 2013 07:44 AM<br \/> Subject: Staff\/Student\/Employee<\/p>\n<p>Dear: Webmail Subscriber<\/p>\n<p>We hereby announce to you that your email account has exceeded its storage limit. You will be unable to send and receive mails and your email account will be deleted from our server. To avoid this problem, you are advised to verify your email account by clicking on the link<br \/> below:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DO NOT CLICK HERE\" href=\"www.fakeaddress.com\">http:\/\/universityhelpdeskteam.webs.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<br \/> Copyright \u00a9 2013<br \/> The\u00a0 System Administrator Management Team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><!--:af--><\/p>\n<p>Indien jy `n e-pos ontvang met onderstaande inhoud wat lyk of dit deur die IT-afdeling gestuur is, moet onder geen omstandighede op die skakels kliek nie.<\/p>\n<p>Hierdie is `n &#8220;phishing&#8221; e-pos wat poog om u wagwoord en ander inligting te oes. Verwyder dadelik die e-pos en moenie daarop reageer nie.<\/p>\n<p>IT e-posse sal dieselfde formaat h\u00ea met IT se naam, regte kontakdetails, die US-logo en `n Afrikaanse en Engelse weergawe. Lees ook asseblief ons riglyne oor hoe om te onderskei tussen `n amptelike e-pos en `n &#8220;phishing&#8221; e-pos\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stbsp01.stb.sun.ac.za\/innov\/it\/it-help\/Wiki%20Pages\/Phishing.aspx\">hier.<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p>From: University Mail Quota Verification\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:fakemail@fakeserver.com\">[mailto:donotclickhere@cca.edu<\/a>]<br \/>Sent: 17 June 2013 07:44 AM<br \/>Subject: Staff\/Student\/Employee<\/p>\n<p>Dear: Webmail Subscriber<\/p>\n<p>We hereby announce to you that your email account has exceeded its storage limit. You will be unable to send and receive mails and your email account will be deleted from our server. To avoid this problem, you are advised to verify your email account by clicking on the link<br \/>below:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DO NOT CLICK HERE\" href=\"www.fakeaddress.com\">http:\/\/universityhelpdeskteam.webs.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2013<br \/>The\u00a0 System Administrator Management Team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you receive an email claiming to be from the IT department (see example below), do not open it or click on any of the links. This is a phishing email attempting to acquire your passwords and other information. Immediately delete the email and do not reply to it. 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