Mail News Update!

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:56:34 -0800

Here is another phishing message making its rounds within the community. Don't forget it's easy to spoof the "From" address in a message so don't assume the message is legit even if you recognize the sender's address. The URL in the message actually links to a different non-Reed website (see image below).

From: Reed College <mailupdatenews@reed.edu>
Subject: Mail News Update!
To: Recipients <mailupdatenews@reed.edu>

This Email is from Reed College, we will be making some vital E-mail account maintenance to ensure high quality in Internet connectivity in the 2014 fight against spam and improve security, all Mail-hub systems will undergo regularly scheduled maintenance.

To confirm and to keep your account active during and after this process
Kindly Click or copy the Universal Web Link and fill the following
information: http:/reed.edu/mail_update

Reed College•
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202•

Here is what the phish website looks like: