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 unless specific user information is provided to confirm the account.

These emails are NOT from the IEEE; and is suspected to be a phishing scam. Please DO NOT OPEN any attachments or click on any URLs. Please DELETE these messages.

The IEEE does not send email messages to members requesting account information nor 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.

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 Wednesday, 17 March 2008 at 5:00 p.m. EDT