@MiddInfoSec – Phishing Alert: don’t fall for “You have 1 Unread mail!” scam email

Be on the alert for a suspicious email *purportedly sent* from “Public Safety” with the subject line “You have 1 Unread mail!”. This is a confirmed phishing message, designed to trick you into divulging your username and password. If you find a copy of this message in your spam quarantine, please ignore it. This message was not sent from Middlebury’s Department of Public Safety, but was cleverly constructured to look like it was. If you find a copy of the message in your inbox, please delete it. Do not click on the links in the message or reply to the message.

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For more information about phishing attacks, please visit http://go.middlebury.edu/phishing.

For more information about the spam quarantine, please visit http://go.middlebury.edu/spam.

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