| The IEEE
has learned that IEEE email alias users may have
received messages that appear to be from a
legitimate IEEE source asking for confirmation
of authentication information or credentials.
These
email messages are not from the IEEE and are suspected to
be phishing scams, please delete them. If included in the messages, please do not open any
attachments or click on any URLs.
These types of email messages typically attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive
member information by claiming that such information is required for account verification, to prevent account termination
or some other course of action in connection with IEEE services.
As a policy, the IEEE will never ask its members to provide or confirm sensitive information via email.
Below
are some example of bogus email messages.
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.
Other Bogus Messages
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
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:25:23 AM (CET)
From: "IEEE Maintenance Team"
To: <undisclosed-recipients>
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. >
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:42:12 +0100 (CET)
From: "IEEE Corporate Communications"
To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Activate your IEEE Account
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IEEE Helpdesk Center
445 Hoes Lane,
Piscataway, N.J.USA
Dear ieee.org user
To complete your account activation with us, you must reply to this email
Immediately and enter your valid account details as requested below.
First Name:
Last Name:
User Name/id:
Password:
Retype Password:
Phone number
You are required to do this before the next 48 hours of receipt of this
email or your account will be erased and de-activated from our database.
NOTE: You will be send an account activation code to the Email id you
provided in the next seven (7)
Working days after undergoing this process for security reasons.
It is also pertinent, you understand that our primary concern is for our
customers, and for the security of their files and data.
Your account can also be verified using the link below:
http://webmail.ieee.org/
Thank you for using ieee.org
© Copyright 2008 IEEE – All Rights Reserved.
From: Ieee.org Helpdesk Center [mailto:helpdesk@ieee.org]
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2008 8:27 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Confirm Your Ieee.org Webmail Account.
Dear User: ieee.org
Ieee.org Engineer will be conducting a scheduled routine
maintenance To improve our services, please be informed that we are going to
upgrade our system in a couple of days from now, that may affect email
delivery notifications on our transaction network. We would need the
following information to enable us preserve your account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
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FULL NAME:
USER EMAIL:
USER PASSWORD:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER:
You are to forward the following informations to our helpdesk center.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you.
We assure you more quality service at the end of this maintenance.
We understand that, you need to be certain, your personal information will
be secure we take safeguarding your personal information very seriously.
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within
Four days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account
permanently.
Yours sincerely, ieee.org Technical Support.
Thank you for using ieee.org
Notification Code: WWP2H77JJAJ.
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Http://contact.helpdesk.ieee.org/
From: WEBMAIL UPGRADE [mailto:account.users@ieee.upgrade.org]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 2:30 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: UPGRADE YOUR WEBMAIL ACCOUNT
Dear valued customer,
We are currently performing maintenance for our Digital Webmail Customers.
We intend upgrading our Digital Webmail Security Server for better online services.
In order to ensure you do not experience service interruption, Please; you must reply
notification mail immediately with your webmail account password and check out the new
features and enhancements with your new and improved IEEE account.
To enable us upgrade your IEEE Account for better online services, please reply to this
mail with your account password here (******) .
Thank You for Using IEEE account.
We are always at your service.
www.ieee.org
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:25:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Admin Help Desk"
<helpdesk@iglide.net>
To: .....@ieee.org
Subject: IEEE UPDADTE (Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ)
VERIFY YOUR IEEE.ORG EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW
Dear IEEE.ORG Email Account Owner,
This message is from IEEE.ORG messaging center to
all IEEE.ORG email account owners. We are
currently upgrading our data base and e-mail
account center. We are deleting all unused
IEEE.ORG email account to create more space for
new accounts.
To prevent your account from closing you will
have to update it below so that we will know that
it's a present used account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username : .......... .....
EMAIL Password : ................
Date of Birth : .................
Country or Territory : ..........
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update
his or her account within Seven days of receiving
this warning will lose his or her account
permanently.
Thank you for using IEEE.ORG!
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
IEEE.ORG Team
IEEE.ORG BETA
https://webmail-beta.IEEE.ORG
*** This message was
updated on Mon, 18 May 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
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