The Office of Technology Services (OTS) has received reports of email messages sent to Towson University account holders with a subject line such as “Warning Your mailbox Is Almost Full.? The email body looks like the following:
You have exceeded your email limit quota of 450MB. You need to upgrade your email limit quota to 2GB within the next 48 hours. Use the below web link to upgrade your email account:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform
Thank you for using our email.
Copyright ?2012 Email Helpdesk Centre.
This email is a type of spam requesting that you visit a link to verify your account.
Do NOT do this!
This email is an attempt (called “phishing”) by someone to gain access to your personal information. The “From” address is forged (or “spoofed”) and may or may not be an actual email address, but it is not where the email actually originated.
If you responded to such a message with your password, please notify the Office of Technology Services and change your password immediately. Also, DELETE the phishing message ? do not reply to it for any reason.
Finally, there’s no need to contact OTS every time you receive a phishing message; the messages reach OTS staff inboxes too, so they are aware of them. You may contact the OTS Help Center to verify or disprove any such e-mails you might receive.
Remember: NEVER send passwords via e-mail. TU?s Office of Technology Services staff will never ask for your password.
