Watch out for the Phishing Mail

On June 21st, SNU University Computer Center mail administrator warned the SNU community to watch out for phishing mail in their SNU e- mail account. The phishing mail is sent under the title ‘Email Quota Exceeded’. The sender’s name and address is ‘Mail Administrator [mailto:web.support@bent.cc]’. The mail tells you to type in personal information in order to increase your e-mail quota. This kind of mail is not sent by the administrator of University Computer Center. If you receive a mail like the example below, you should not click on the link and should erase the mail immediately.

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From: Mail Administrator [mailto:web.support@bent.cc]

Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 2:36 AM

To: admin@admin.com

Subject: Email Quota Exceeded.

Dear Subscriber,
This is to inform you that you have exceeded your E-mail Quota Limit and you need to increase your E-mail Quota Limit because in less than 96 hours your E- mail Account will be disabled. Increase your E-mail Quota Limit and continue to use your Webmail Account.

To increase your E-mail Quota Limit to 2.7GB, You are to send your email account details which are as follows:

EMAIL ADDRESS:
USERNAME:
PASSWORD:
CONFIRM PASSWORD:
DATE OF BIRTH:

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation in helping us give you the Best of E-mail Service.
Regards,