Scam/SPAM Email

The below email has been sent out to several members of the community. It is in fact a hoax. Here is a link to the Snopes website regarding the below hoax email. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp ___________________________________________________________________________________ An email virus that will wipe out your hard drive. Please read below. TWO SUBJECT LINES of which to be AWARE…

Below is yet another SPAM/phishing email. This was not sent by SJU Helpdesk. Some indicators that this is NOT a valid message are bolded below. ______________________________________________________________________ From: “Amy Hayes” <–NOT an SJU email address To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:50:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: E-mail Security We have temporarily limited all…

This morning, an email containing the following text reached many university employees: Amazon – Account reactivation form, Because of possible unauthorized access, we have temporarily deactivated your account. To remove the suspension, please confirm that your card was not stolen. To do this, please download and complete the attached html form. We are sorry for…

This message was NOT sent by the SJU Helpdesk. The subject was marked with the {Spam?} indicator, the return address was a non-sju address and it did not contain the standard SJU Helpdesk signature at the end of the message. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Important Notification! You have exceeded your Email Quota limit of 350MB and you…

This afternoon at approximately 3:30pm another SPAM email was sent to the university (*see SPAM message below). It is important to remember that the Office of Information Technology would NEVER send out such a message asking for anyone’s password via e-mail, over the phone, or in person. We receive many of these SPAM/Phishing attempts on…

Last evening at approximately 9:15pm another SPAM email was sent to the university (*see SPAM message below). It is important to remember that the Office of Information Technology would NEVER send out such a message asking for anyone’s password via e-mail, over the phone, or in person. We receive many of these SPAM/Phishing attempts on…

Subject: {Spam?} Important Notice Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:48:32 +0100 (CET) From: SJU Webmail Administrator <webadmin@sju.edu> Reply-To: peacoth.2ww@gishpuppy.com To: undisclosed-recipients:; Dear SJU Webmail user, You have almost exceeded your storage quota. To avoid possible loss of important data and deletion of your email account, please follow the link below http://webadmn.megabyet.net/?778fbb6bf152777437b9470d4dfc976f6b07069cc6d88fe08c49badba42c771cceb740fe956afe7c937385cfb4e9d477 Best Wishes SJU Webmail…

From: “System Administrator” To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 8:58:07 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: {Spam?} Your Mailbox Have Exceed Limit. Your mailbox have exceed the limit of 20MB which set by your system administrator, you will not be able to send or receive mail except your revalidate your account, to revalidate your…