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[ITS] University Mailbox Quota Exceeded!

March 13, 2017 by Paul Carlisle Kletchka

Phishing Message from March 13, 2017 at 10:48 a.m.

From: “IT Service Desk” <xxxxxxxx@ucalgary.ca>
To: xxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 10:48:03 AM
Subject: [ITS] University Mailbox Quota Exceeded!

Your univeristy mailbox quota has exceeded it’s limit, you may not be able to send/receive more emails.
Please delete any item you don’t need from your mailbox and empty your Deleted Items folder OR FOLLOW HERE [<– Link goes to a fake Penn State-themed login page] to enable automatic increase your mailbox storage.

The office of Information Security will keep this updated if information should change, but we encourage all users to run their updates after the expected release of this patch.

With kind regards,
Your IT Servicedesk Team

—
The Pennsylvania State University
Information Technology Services (ITS)
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