Phishing email warning!
Phishing is a common experience for email users these days. Metropolia email users often receive requests for their network/email passwords, user IDs, and other private data. Some of these emails can be very convincing and appear to be from Metropolia ITS Staff.
However, you should know that ITS will never, ever request your password! Emails requesting your password or other personal data should simply be DELETED upon receipt.
Below are newest message of phishing emails received here at Metropolia and should be deleted upon receipt.
From: cyber_upgrade (at) cyberservices.com
Subject: ATTENTION WEB-MAIL USER
Dear Webmail User
Your mailbox has exceeded the limit of Quota Usage, which is as set by your manager, and access to your mailbox via our mail portal will be unavailable for sometime during this maintenance period.
You will not be able to create new e-mail to send or receive again until you validate your mailbox.
To re-validate your mailbox, you can CLICK (link removed)
Thanks
System Administrator.
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If you sent your information in response to the message, change your password immediately at https://amme.metropolia.fi
- Created by Kati Kesälahti, last modified on 24.10.2012
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