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FW: Maintenance

October 17, 2017 by gle13

From: “Trentepohl, Bernhard” <trente@uni-wuppertal.de>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 9:33:28 PM
Subject: FW: Maintenance

Due to much junk/spam emails you receive daily, We have temporarily limited all access to sensitive account features in your mailbox. We are currently upgrading all email accounts spam filter to stop unsolicited emails to your mailbox.

 

In order to restore your mailbox access, you are to click HERE  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the sitey.me domain] and login your account. A confirmation link will be send for you to Re-activate your e-mail access, you are to Click on the “Confirm E-mail” link in your mailbox and then enter this confirmation number: 1265-6778-8250-8393-5727.

 

Thanks for your understanding.

 

Technical Support Team

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: link shown is not the real link, no personalization, poor grammar

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