ATTACK ALERT - Email reporting to come from your IT department is a phishing scam

The email below has been making it's way around and is a perfect example of how attackers are using social engineering to entice unsuspecting users into clicking on malicious links, install malicious software (e.g., are you sure you want to install this very legitimate looking piece of software) or provide personal / financial information. Read the email below and be on the lookout for anything similar. Remember, anytime that you get something that doesn't feel right or that requests information that *could* be used against you or your company, do not hesitate to contact the reported sender or your IT department for confirmation. If you don't have an on-site IT department or outside support, certainly don't hesitate to give us a call or email.

Dear Account User,

This message is from the Office of the Information Technology Services (ITS) to all webmail account owners. Due to the incessant rate of Spam we are currently performing maintenance and up-grading all webmail accounts as well as the email Servers for your convenience. All email services will be interrupted during this period, To prevent your account from closing during this exercise you will have to update it below to know it's status as a currently used account with a hard spam protector.

This will commence on Junly 3rd to junly 27th 2010 beginning at 9:00 p.m. until approximately 12:00 midnight to enable us increase the storage size of your webmail account. Be informed also that we will not hesitate to delete your email account if not functioning to create more space for new users.

Confirm Your email account Details by clicking on the reply button and follow by your;

*Email
*Username
*Password

After upgrading, a password reset link will be sent to your email for new password. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect your email Account.

Webmail Support Team
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