It has been reported to the Help Desk that some people have received the following
phishing email.
This fake email was not sent by Illinois State University. The University will never ask for your password in this manner via email. If you receive this email,
do not reply to it. Never send your password in email. For more info, see
[1364] Recognizing "ILSTU TEAM" phishing scam emails.
Important: If you replied with your password, you should immediately change your password via the
ULID Password Change web page. If you are unable to change your password, you may reset it yourself using the
Password Self-Reset web page. Or you may have your password reset in person with your University ID at the Help Desk office in Julian Hall 115.
Here is a sample received by the Help Desk:
Dear,
Email Account Owner,
This message is from WEBMAIL messaging center to all WEBMAIL & Other Webmails" email account owners We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center.
We are deleting all WEBMAIL email accounts due to congestion just to create more space for new accounts.
To prevent your account from being deleted you will have to update it by providing the below informations so that we will know that it's a present used account.
We have been sending this notice to all our WEBMAIL email account owners and this is the last notice/verification exercise.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Full Name:
Email:
Password:
Secret Question:
Answer:
Warning!!!
Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within four days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. Thank you for using WEBMAIL account!
Warning to Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
Customer Care
Webmail Admin.