SPAM Email - DOIT: Your NetID is on Restriction. 07/09/2010
Posted: 2010-09-07 08:50:53 Expiration: 2010-09-14 08:50:53
A SPAM email was sent out to many UW students and faculty with the title "DOIT: Your NetID is on Restriction. 07/09/2010." Do not open it or reply to it, simply delete it from your inbox.
We have reported the email to our DoIT Security team, there is no need to report this incident to them any further. If you have any questions about this incident, or phishing emails in general, please call the DoIT Help Desk at 608-264-HELP (4357).
Full text of the email below:
UNIVERSITY OF WISCOSIN-MADINSON
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Dear User,
We detected irregular action on your e-mail system on September
07, 2010.
As the Primary owner, you must verify your account activity
before you
can continue using your account, and upon verification, we will
remove any
restrictions placed on your account.
click on the link below:
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You can also forward your mail from any other e-mail
accounts such as
Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. to your Webmail account so that your
contacts won't
have to memorize a new e-mail address and you can access all
of your mail
in one place. You can find forwarding instructions for your
other e-mail
accounts in their online documentation.
Webmail service has reserved a system maintenance window of
Saturdays from 4:00 a.m.
to 8:00 a.m. that will be used only if Webmail service needs
to perform any work that
will take the system off-line. Otherwise, the e-mail system
will
be available around the clock.
Thank You,
DOIT Webmail Service
UNIVERSITY OF WISCOSIN-MADINSON
-- Ryan Hansen