The IEEE has learned that IEEE email alias users may have received messages that appear to be from a legitimate IEEE source claiming that their email address will be disabled if an specific action is not performed. Some of these messages have password-protected attachments that contain viruses. A numeric password is included in some of the messages. These emails are NOT from the IEEE; the sender's address has been spoofed to fool recipients. Please DO NOT OPEN these attachments or click on any URLs. Please DELETE these messages.
The IEEE does not send email messages to members containing passwords nor is asking members to confirm any information at this time. In the future, if you receive a message that appears to be from an IEEE email alias with an attachment, password instructions or asking to confirm your ieee.org alias account, it is not from the IEEE.
Below is an example of the bogus emails currently circulating.
Sent: 11/03/2009 08:40 PM EST
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
From: "System Administrator"
Subject: Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit
Dear Webmail Account User,
This message was sent automatically by a program on Webmail admin center
which periodically checks the size of inbox, The program is run
automatically to ensure no user inbox grows too large. If your inbox
becomes too large, you will be unable to receive new emails. Just before
this message was sent, you are currently running on 20.9 GB, You have has
exceeded the storage limit which is 20GB.
To help us re-set your Account SPACE on our database prior to maintain
your INBOX, you must reply to this e-mail providing us your the Below
information:
E-mail ( ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... )
Username/ID ( ... ... ... ... ... ... )
Current Password ( ... ...... ... ) Retype Password: ( ... ...... ... )
From this point you will be unable to receive new email as it will be
returned to the sender, Provide the above information to enable us help
reset your webmail immediately.
NB: Your Webmail Account Expire in Three (3) Days. After you read this
message, it is best to REPLY with the required information to upgrade
MailBox. Reply to this message immediately to Re activate your Account.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Webmail Help Desk. System Administrator
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Sent: 08/22/2009 09:38 AM EST
From: "WEB ADMINISTRATOR." [customercare.update09@w.cn]
To: <undisclosed-recipients>
Subject: Upgrade Your ieee.org Email Account!!
Dear ieee.org email account user,
We are currently verifying our subscribers email accounts in other to
increase the efficiency of our webmail futures.During this course you are
required to provide the verification desk with the following details so that
your account could be verified.
Email Username:..........
Password:................
Location :...............
Date of Birth:...........
Failure to do this will immediately render your email address deactivated
from our database.
Thanks ieee.org Team.
Date: 05/17/2009 04:02 AM (CET)
From: "Helpdesk Webmail Service"
To: <undisclosed-recipients>
Subject: Account Expire in 2(Days)
Dear Webmail User,
This message was sent automatically by a program on Webmail admin
center which periodically checks the size of inbox, where new messages
are received. The program is run weekly to ensure no one's inbox grows
too large. If your inbox becomes too large, you will be unable to receive
new emails.
Just before this message was sent, you had 18 Megabytes (MB) or more
of messages stored in your inbox. To help us re-set your SPACE on our
database prior to maintain your INBOX, you must reply to this e-mail
and enter your Current User name ( ) and Password ( ).
You will continue to receive this warning message periodically if your
inbox size continues to be between 18 and 50 MB. If your inbox size
grows to 50 MB, then a program on Webmail admin center will move your
oldest email to a folder in your home directory to ensure that you
will continue to be able to receive incoming email. You will be
notified by email that this has taken place. If your inbox grows to 50
MB, you will be unable to receive new email as it will be returned to
the sender.
After you read this message, it is best to REPLY with the required
information to upgrade MailBox.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Webmail Help Desk
From: "IEEE Maintenance Team"
To:
Subject: Important Notice!!
ATTENTION:IEEE USERS ,
This mail is to inform all our [IEEE] users that your webmail account has been compromised by spammers by gaining access to your webmail account and have been using it for illegal internet activities. You are requested to provide your current login credentials to enable us reset your webmail account password immediately to aviod abuse of your account.
*User Name/ID:
*Password:
*Date of birth:
*Mobile Number :
You shall be contacted with a new password upon completion and you are advised to provide the above nformation or your account will be terminated by the abuse team.
Thank you for using IEEE Webmail
IEEE Maintenance Team.
From:noreply@ieee.org
To: management@ieee.org
Subject: Email account disabling warning
Dear user of e-mail server "Ieee.org",
Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in next three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your account information.
Pay attention on attached file.
In order to read the attach you have to use the following password: 38345.
Best wishes,
The Ieee.org team http://www.ieee.org
From: noreply@ieee.org
To: IEEE_alias_user@ieee.org
Subject: Account Alert
Dear Valued Member,
According to our terms of services, you will have to confirm your e-mail by the following link, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
http://www.ieee.org/confirm.php?account=IEEE_alias_user@ieee.org
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sincerely, Ieee Abuse Department
*** This message was updated on Monday,
18 May 2009 at 8:00 a.m. EST
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