On May 8, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Anne Brataas wrote:
> Dear ListFolk, > > What's with this email I got today from alleged HELP DESK at mac.com > full of wrong info about my MAC account, starting with its name > (correctly, it's a .mac account) and including its size and expiration > date, and telling me it's about to expire and wanting my account info? > Screen shot attached. Of course I didn't bite. It's a phishing attempt; just delete it. I'm kind of staggered that you're only now encountering this. We get two or three waves of these a week here; last week we had one that quite accurately mimicked one that the University Info tech services would use. Still fake. No email administrator needs to know your password to do anything with your account, EVER...we have the root password, we can do anything we want. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
