Phishing scams via mails

Internet resources

「Phishing,」 wikipedia

「What are phishing scams and how can I avoid them?,」 Indiana University

Our reminder

Real IT administrators NEVER attempt to acquire your username and password via emails. And the bad guys usually do it by phishing mails. Therefore, NEVER send your password to anyone.

Please delete phishing mails once you receive them. Do not follow their instructions.

If you have been a victim of a phishing scam, please reset your password according to the procedure which CCC provides as soon as possible to stop the bad guys from using your email account continually.

Some examples of phishing emails

The following example is a phishing scam. Delete it once you receive it.

Dear EDU.TW Webmail account owner,
This is to inform you that we are currently carrying out scheduled
maintenance and upgrade our Webmail service, all account owners are
required to verify their email account via
http://www.access.accountverify.cz.cc/
in order to keep the contents of the mailbox safe. failure to do this
within 72 hours of receiving this message, your account will be deleted
from our database.
http://www.access.accountverify.cz.cc/

The following example is a phishing scam. Delete it once you receive it.

Dear Webmail Subscribers,
We are contacting you to remind you that our Account Review Team identified
some unusual activity in your Webmail Account. As a result,access to your
account has been limited in accordance with the Webmail Account Online User
Agreement.
Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.
You are therefore required to provide the information below:
E-mail User:_________________
Password:__________________________
Date of Birth:_______________________
Important*Please provide all these information completely and correctly
otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your Webmail Account
temporarily.We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please
understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and
your Webmail Account. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The following example is a phishing scam. Delete it once you receive it.

NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY EMAIL ACCOUNT UPGRADE
ATTENTION WEB-MAIL USER
Your E-mail Box has reached its maximum limit of 500MB storage and your
account will be deactivated if you do not upgrade it now. To upgrade your
web-mail account, kindly click on the below link and follow the
instructions to upgrade space for more storage.
http://www.knaus-camping-hennesee.de/phpform/use/AccountUpgrade/form1.html
Your account shall remain active after you have successfully confirmed
your account.
Copyright 2010 National Tsing Hua University &#8226; No. 101, Section 2,
Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, R.O.C &#8226; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
&#8226;
!!! WARNING !!!
Failure to log out will allow others to access your account. Closing the
browser window does NOT log you out properly. To log out, please click
one of the "Log out" icons in the browser window.