Sent: 2011-03-16
From: Information Technology Services
To: Students, Employees
Subject: Phishing Email Scam Warning
Recently ITS became aware of a phishing attack that targeted over 700 EIU email accounts. This attack has a subject of “Dear PantherMail(eiu.edu)â€, attempts to trick users into visiting a Google Docs website and is signed “Thanks, PantherMail System Administrator center.â€. The Google Docs page informed users they were over quota and would need to enter their names, username, password and personal email address to increase email quota. This email did not come from ITS or EIU and ITS is working with Google and Shetland College to prevent additional attacks against EIU email accounts.
If you received this message, or a similar message in the future, please inform ITS and delete the message. If you believe that you may have fallen victim to this phishing scam and entered your information, you will need to change your password as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access and use of your email account.
You may change your password by visiting http://its.eiu.edu and clicking on “Change Password†under Quick Links. If you need help changing your password, please contact User Services at 581-HELP (4357).
