CNS Information Security has been informed and confirmed that another
version of fraudulent emails has been sent to York central email accounts
to trick email account owners into replying with the email account
password and personal information in order to gain unauthorized access. If
you receive such a message DO NOT REPLY, just delete the email. If you
have replied to the email, please contact the CNS Helpdesk immediately to
reset your password.

Please note that you should never be asked for your password or provide it
via email.

The following is a sample of the fraudulent email.

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Subject: Please Maintain Yorku E-mail Immediately

Please Maintain Yorku E-mail Immediately
Dear Yorku Owner,
  This message is from Yorku messaging center to all Yorku email account 
owners.
We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are
deleting all Yorku email account to create more space for new accounts.
  To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so 
that we will know that it's a present used account.
***********************************************************
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
E-mail Username : ......... .....
E-mail Password : ...............
Date of Birth : ................
Country or Territory : .........
***********************************************************
  Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within 
Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account 
permanently.
Thank you for using Yorku!
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,
Yorku Team
Yorku.ca BETA
************


Please direct questions to CNS Client Services
(phone: 416-736-5800, email: [log in to unmask])

CNS Announce


On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, CNS Announce wrote:

> CNS Information Security has been informed and confirmed that another version 
> of fraudulent emails has been sent to York central email accounts to trick 
> email account owners into replying with the email account password and 
> personal information in order to gain unauthorized access. If you receive 
> such a message DO NOT REPLY, just delete the email. If you have replied to 
> the email, please contact the CNS Helpdesk immediately to reset your 
> password.
>
> Please note that you should never be asked for your password or provide it 
> via email.
>
> The following is a sample of the fraudulent email.
>
> -----
> Subject:	Email Account Verification !!!!!
>
> Dear YORKU.CA Email Account Owner,
>
>
> This message is from YORKU.CA messaging center to all YORKU.CA email account 
> owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. 
> We are deleting all unused YORKU.CA email account to create more space for 
> new accounts.
>
> To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that 
> we will know that it's a present used account.
>
> CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
>
> Email Username :
>
> EMAIL Password :
>
> Address        :
>
> Country        :
>
> Attention!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within 
> Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account 
> permanently.
>
> Thank you for using YORKU.CA!
>
> Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
>
>
> Sandra Andrews
> oNLINE SERVICES
>
> ------
>
>
> Please direct questions to CNS Client Services
> (phone: 416-736-5800, email: [log in to unmask])
>
> CNS Announce
>
>