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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Phishing Example 14: Update

Received: August 2013
Body text:
From: Admin
Date: Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:29 AM
Subject: Update
To:
Dear Staff/User
We notice that most staff have abandon their email account as a result of
either they do not work with this me.umn.edu or have chose to use another
email account. Due to congestion on our email server, all unused email
Accounts would be shut down and deleted from our email system. We advise
that you follow the procedure of the link below and validate your email
account still active or your email will be suspended/deleted as inactive
email account.
Your email validation process:
hxxp://xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
After validating your email on the link above, your account will continue
as normal and 1GB space we be added to your webmail account. Thanks for
your attention to this request.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Best Regards
UMN.EDU Admin

Note: no UMN branding, NOT AT UMN,EDU, awkward language and incorrect words (eg. "we be added").

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