Staff

Phishing scam

Please be advised that a spam email is currently circulating the University's email system and soliciting account information from University members.

The message claims that a user’s email quota has been exceeded and asks for username and password information.

An example of the email has been posted on the IT Resources website: http://www.utas.edu.au/itr/security/issues.html

IT Resources advises all University members that this email is false and should be ignored. The University does not solicit account information via email, nor do we require any person to submit their password/security details as part of normal account maintenance processes.

Any member who has responded to this email already is advised to call the IT Service Desk on extension 1818 and immediately change their password.

Published on: 19 Oct 2009