Phishing Scheme Warning

Do not reply to messages from "University at Buffalo Webmaster online"

By John DellaContrada

Release Date: May 29, 2009 This content is archived.

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Phishing Scheme Warning: UB IT issued an alert this morning about emails being sent to UB users asking for usernames and passwords. This message is NOT legitimate and should be deleted immediately.

No UB department on campus would ever ask for such information in an email. For more information, go to http://computersecurity.buffalo.edu/current-sec-alerts.shtml.

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