[Englecturers] FW: [Staff] Email Hoax (warning)

[Susan Brown]

FYI:  Be aware of e-mail scam.  See message below.


Susan Brown
Management Services Officer
Department of English
University of California, Riverside
(951)827-1456

-----Original Message-----
From: staff-bounces at scotmail.ucr.edu [mailto:staff-bounces at scotmail.ucr.edu]
On Behalf Of Larry McGrath (by way of Vicki Long<vicki.long at ucr.edu>)
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:29 AM
To: staff at scotmail.ucr.edu; faculty at scotmail.ucr.edu;
students at scotmail.ucr.edu
Subject: [Staff] Email Hoax (warning)


Dear Campus Community,

Recently, there has been a rise in the number of e-mail scams making 
their way across the Internet.  Some of these messages are crafted to 
look as though they come from official campus groups.  In fact, 
during the past 36 hours, fraudulent e-mail claiming to be from UCR's 
Helpdesk has been sent across campus. These emails ask campus users 
to provide their Social Security Numbers, usernames, passwords, birth 
dates and other personal information.

These e-mails should be deleted immediately.  No legitimate 
organization would ever request Social Security Number, passwords, 
etc. via e-mail.  And while C&C blocks these e-mail scams (known as 
Phishing) as quickly as we can, some of these messages will 
unfortunately make their way to your computer.  Again, please delete 
these e-mails, and if you ever have any questions or concerns about a 
particular message, please call the Helpdesk at 2-3555.

Thank you,

Larry McGrath
Director Computing Support Services
Computing and Communications
University of California, Riverside
  

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