Malicious E-mail Claiming to be from UIOWA.EDU Team
A malicious e-mail is circulating claiming to be from the "UIOWA.EDU TEAM" and requesting e-mail account verification, including passwords. The e-mail is a phishing scam and was not sent by the University of Iowa. ITS is working to block all traffic to and from the originating domain. If you receive the e-mail, you can ignore it and delete it. If you responded to the e-mail and included any personal information, including your password, change your Hawk ID password immediately at http://hawkid.uiowa.edu.
Malicious E-mail Content
From: Uiowa Team [mailto:uiowateam@bellsouth.nt]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: VERIFY YOUR UIOWA EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW
VERIFY YOUR UIOWA EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW
Dear Uiowa Email Account Owner,
This message is from Uiowa messaging center to all Uiowa email account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Uiowa email account to create more space for new accounts.
To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username : .......... .....
EMAIL Password : ................
Date of Birth : .................
Country or Territory : ..........
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Thank you for using Uiowa!
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
Uiowa Team
UIOWA.EDU BETA
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the ITS Help Desk.
Last Updated: 04/24/2008