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Your Psu.edu has passed its limit

September 12, 2016 by Paul Carlisle Kletchka

From: “Alf Friggerdal” <Alf.Friggerdal@peab.se>
To: info@web.com
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 6:10:24 PM
Subject: Your Psu.edu has passed its limit

Your Psu.edu has passed its limit

3.9GB 3GB​
Current size Maximum size

Your psu.edu quota has passed the quo​ta limit is 3GB. You are currently running at 3.9 GB.
To re-enable and increase your psu.edu​​ quota click on the link below.

CLICK HERE TO RE-VALIDATE​​​
Failure to do so may result in termination of your mail box account.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Psu.edu Customer Service.​​​​​​​​​​

 

Phishing message from September 11, 2016 at 6:10 p.m.

Filed Under: Penn State But Not WebAccess Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, bad link address, no personalization, poor grammar, threatens action

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