[All_jlau] JLab Cybersecurity Alert: E-mail Phishing Attempt

[Kandice Carter]

Sent on Behalf of the Computing and Networking Infrastructure Group

Jefferson Lab e-mail accounts are currently receiving fake e-mails  
that claim to be from the "Webmail Managment." The e-mails assert that  
the recipient's account will be deleted if the recipient does not e- 
mail his or her JLab Webmail account username and password.

These are "phishing" e-mails aimed at getting you to reveal your  
account information. Jefferson Lab's computing personnel will never  
ask you to reveal your account information by e-mail, by phone or by  
fax.

If you have received this suspicious e-mail, delete it immediately. If  
you have already responded to this e-mail or have other questions,  
contact the Computer Center HelpDesk at x7155 or helpdesk at jlab.org.



FYI - Here is a copy of the fake e-mail:

From: "webmail.jlab.org" <technicaldepartment at jlab.org>
Date: September 21, 2009 3:24:54 AM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Attention: webmail.jlab.org User.
Reply-To: webaccess at mail2webmaster.com



This message is to all webmail.jlab.org users.
We are currently upgrading our data base and webmail network
center to improve the features of our web service. All inactive
email accounts will be deleted, as we intend to increase storage
capacties for existing users and create more space for
registration of new users

To prevent your account from being deleted, we kindly request
that you confirm your account information for update, by
providing the information below:

Email Username : ...............
Email Password : ................

Warning!!! Failure to do this will render your email address
deactivated from our database.

Thank you for using webmail.jlab.org

Thanks for your understanding
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

Webmail Management


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