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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 : :

ITS UPDATE: "Help Desk" Spam

ITS has been informed that many people are getting email which is really "Help Desk" spam.  It looks like this:
 
 
Subject: Attn: Web-mail User,
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:03:09 +0200
To: service@mail.com
From: "Help-desk Team" kkinhun@w7zrlt1kf.privat.t-online.de

This message is from our Help-desk Team to all web-mail account owners.

We noticed that web-mail account has been compromised by spammers. It
seems they have gained access to web mail accounts and have been using
it for illegal internet activities.

The center is currently performing maintenance and upgrading it's data
base. We intend upgrading our Email Security Server for better online
services.

You are to send us your account information immediately to enable us
reset your account. A new password will be sent to you once this is
done.
Send the information as follows
*User-name:
*Password:
*Alternate email:
In order to ensure you do not experience service interruptions, please
reply this email immediately and provide the following information above
to prevent your account from being deactivated from our database.
Thank you for using our online services.
Help-desk Team
 
Please do not reply.  ITS staff would never ask for your password information.