Removal of Phishing Message from Queen's Mailboxes - 190124Archived
On Thursday, January 24th, several malicious emails were sent to members of the Queen's community. In keeping with the Electronic Information Security Policy, these messages are being removed from all mailboxes using an automated feature in Office 365.
Please delete the message(s) manually from your mailbox if you have received a copy.
If you are not using an Office 365 mailbox or forward your mail outside of Office 365, ITS is not able to automatically remove the malicious messages.
If you received a copy of one of these messages, clicked the link and entered your credentials, please securely change your NetID password immediately.
If you have any questions please contact the IT Support Centre at x36666.
We have provided part of the removed messages for your reference at the bottom of this email.
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BEGINNING OF REMOVED MESSAGE
From: [REDACTED] <[REDACTED]@queensu.ca>
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 12:50 PM
Subject: Dear Email User
Dear Email User,
We noticed a login to your Webmail Account from an unrecognized device on Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:55 AM GMT+1 from London, UK.
Was it you? If so, please disregard the rest of this email.
If it wasn't you, please follow the links below to keep your E-Mail account safe and provide the required information to keep your account ACTIVE.
[LINK REMOVED]
Thanks,
Webmail Account Services
Queen's University