8/17/2009: Beware of Fake Account Verification Message
UCLA's abuse team has received reports of an email that asks for your username and password. If you have received it, please IGNORE and immediately DELETE it, as it is an account phishing attempt. The body of the messages may be similar to the following:
Example:
Dear ulca.edu Subscriber,
We are currently carrying-out a mantainance process to your ulca.edu,account, to complete this, you must reply to this mail immediately, and enter your User Name here (..............) And Password here(..............) if you are the rightful owner of this account.
Due to the Junk/Spam emails you receive daily, we are currently upgrading all email accounts Spam filter to limit all unsolicited emails for security reasons and to upgrade our new features and enhancements with your new and improved E-mail account, to ensure you do not experience service interruption.
This process we help us to fight against spam mails. Failure to summit your password, will render your email address in-active from our database.
NOTE: If your have done this before, you may ignore this mail. You will be sending a password reset message in next three (3) working days after undergoing this process for security reasons.
Thanks for using ulca.edu
ulca.edu supporting team!!
Once again, this email does NOT originate from Bruin OnLine or any other campus agency. Viruses and phishing attempts such as this are usually easy to spot by the fact that they request your account information (username and password), birth date, and/or University ID Number (UID). Please be aware that Bruin OnLine staff will never request your password at any time.
If you have replied to any email with your account information, please visit https://logon.ucla.edu/passchange.php to immediately change your password.
If you have any questions please contact the BOL Help Desk at (310) 267-4357, option 1, or at consult@ucla.edu.