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June 2, 2008

Be aware of phishing e-mail attack

The following phishing (pronounced “fishing”) e-mail is circulating again. Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to acquire sensitive information. Do not answer the e-mail; delete it.

X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:38:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: Nc State University <goyler@verizon.net>
Subject: ***Upgrade And Verify Your NCSU Email***
X-Originating-IP: [196.3.61.4]
To: Undisclosed recipients: ;
Reply-to: Supports-Teams@live.com
Organization: Nc State University

Dear NCSU Email Owner,

This message is from NCSU messaging centre to all NCSU Email owners.We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail centre.We are deleting all unused NCSU email to create more space for new one.

To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below sothat we will know that it's a present used account.

Confirm Your Email Below:
Email User-Name:
Confirm Email User-Name:
Email Password :
Confirm Email Password:
Dath Of Birth :
Country Or Territory

Warning!!! Failure to do this will immediately render your account deactivated from our database.We apologize for the inconvenience that thiswill cause you during this period, but trust you understand that our primaryconcern is for our customers and for the security of their data.ourcustomers are totally secure

Thanks,
NCSU SUPPORT TEAM

For more information about phishing, go to TechTalk at http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/techtalk?entry=phishing_email and “How can I recognize a phishing email?” at http://www.ncsu.edu/cc/essentials/antivirus_security/phishing/recognize.html.

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