Dear all

Recently, many people receive a "phishing mail" which looks like a binghamton webmail or e-mail address. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL, IT IS FAKE. It will get any information you type such as ID, password and so on. If you want to know what is phishing mail, you can ask Kenny or Kelly or Kate. They know it very much....

Here are the detail information about the mail. It's from a cs professor and a member in computer center. Please read it carefully, then you will know what's going on~~

A-pang

DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL!!! (See a copy at the end of this note). It is
a "phishing attempt". Here's the response I got from System Services about
it. The link inside even LOOKS LIKE a Binghamton web or email address.
As I've said before "trust no one"!!!
Regards,
DJ Foreman
-----Original Message-----
From: Dedman, Denise [mailto:ddedman@binghamton.edu] On Behalf Of Helpdesk4
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:24 PM
To: Dennis Foreman
Subject: RE: SCAM???? *****CONFIM YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT*****
Yes it is a scam.
Thank you for alerting us about this.
We have sent out a dateline message about these type of scams and have
posted the following information on our website:
Information Technology Services Warns of Phishing Scams
Information Technology Services has been notified about two recent
e-mail phishing scams from accounts claiming to be Binghamton University
e-mail addresses and asking recipients to send their passwords via a
reply e-mail.
Phishing is a technique in which users are directed by an
official-looking e-mail to what looks exactly like a bank, government or
other Web site or e-mail address and asked to enter data such as their
credit card, Social Security Number, ATM PIN number, password or other
personal information for one reason or another. No business or
government entity would ever require you to send it sensitive
information it already possesses, so treat these messages like spam and
delete them. Information Technology Services advises people to never
send any passwords via an e-mail message for any reason. If you're
really unsure of the validity of the message, call a contact number for
the organization obtained from paper correspondence or the telephone
book.
Denise
_______________________________
Information Technology Services Help Desk
Binghamton University
helpdesk@binghamton.edu
607-777-6420
System Status: http://its.binghamton.edu/systemstatus
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Foreman [mailto:foreman@binghamton.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:13 PM
To: Helpdesk4
Subject: FW: SCAM???? *****CONFIM YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT*****
IS the email below a scam?
Regards,
DJ Foreman
-----Original Message-----
From: BINGHAMTON SUPPORT TEAM [mailto:support@binghamton.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:50 PM
Subject: *****CONFIM YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT*****
Dear Binghamton Subscriber,
We would like to inform you that we are cuurently carrying out scheduled
maintainance and upgrade of our webmail service.
To complete your BINGHAMTON.EDU account, you must reply to this email
immediately and enter your password here (*********)
Failure to do this will immediately render your email address
deactivated from our database.
You can also confirm your email address by logging into your usm.edu
account at http://webmail.binghamton.edu/
Thank you for using binghamton.edu webmail !
THE BINGHAMTON.EDU TEAM
*****CONFIM YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT*****
BINGHAMTON SUPPORT TEAM"