ISU Outages & Alerts
- 10/29/2009 7:30amPhishing: SPAM ALERT ***ILSTU.EDU User***
- 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 ILSTU.EDU User
Due to spam complaints of email users in
our ILSTU.EDU webmail system,our investigation
shows that your email address is compromised
and is used to send out spam message in ILSTU.EDU
will be disabled if you do not send us the
required information within 24hrs.
Information Required:
Your Full Names:
Email address:
Password:
Retype Password:
Date of Birth:
E-mail: upgrading.webengineer02@gmail.com
We value your business and thanks for using
our ILSTU.EDU Webmail Service.
ILSTU.EDU WEBMAIL TEAM.