Dodgey email to class list

adamski8

Got this email today form dcu apparently!!!!!!!:

Dear DCU.IE Email Account Owner,

This message is from dcu.ie messaging
center to all dcu.ie emailaccount owners.
We are currently upgrading our data base and
e-mail account center. We are deleting
all unused email account to create space
for new accounts.To prevent your account
from being deactivated you will have to
update it.

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT
Email Username : ...............
Email Password : ..............
Date of Birth : ..................
Country or Territory : .........
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update
his or her account within Seven days of receiving
this email will lose his or her account
permanently. Thank you for using dcu.ie!
Warning Code:USV64MT1

Thanks,
DCU.IE WEBMAIL Team
DCU.IE Beta
____________________

-Sounds like the biggest load of **** ever and anyone who replies is an idiot id say. im pretty sure we were told we get that email address for life and there is **** all you can store on it anyway so i doubt the want to free you space. dcu dont seem quick to warn people about this scam though.

Winters

Yea, its a trap.

Dont reply or do anything with it. DCU will never ask for your username or password via email, its a terribly insecure way of doing things. Report it to CSD if you are worried about it, but I think a few other people may have got similar spam the other month too.

Brow

Well I fell for it. In America on a J1 and needed to keep it open to see if post grad offers were coming in and when i got them email i panicked. Now my account wont open. Any advice?

blah

Send an email to CSD helpdesk@dcu.ie telling them exactly what happened right now.

raido9

Brow wrote: »

Well I fell for it. In America on a J1 and needed to keep it open to see if post grad offers were coming in and when i got them email i panicked. Now my account wont open. Any advice?

lol

robby^5

Brow wrote: »

Well I fell for it. In America on a J1 and needed to keep it open to see if post grad offers were coming in and when i got them email i panicked. Now my account wont open. Any advice?

oh wow.

LeixlipRed

Brow wrote: »

Well I fell for it. In America on a J1 and needed to keep it open to see if post grad offers were coming in and when i got them email i panicked. Now my account wont open. Any advice?

Not only are all americans stupid but apparently when you go and work there for a summer you catch it too

Brow

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Not only are all americans stupid but apparently when you go and work there for a summer you catch it too

(Colt 45 alcohol at $2 per 40oz) * 4 + early morning = my situation

Anyway good old CSD worked it all out. Nothing happened. They were on the ball.

kippy

ANY email that asks you for a password in it is at best highly suspicious. General rule of thumb.
Kippy

Amz

Brow wrote: »

Well I fell for it. In America on a J1 and needed to keep it open to see if post grad offers were coming in and when i got them email i panicked. Now my account wont open. Any advice?

You're waiting on a business postgrad right?

public_enemy

America's Next Top Model wrote: »

Yea, its a trap.

adamski8

Brow wrote: »

Well I fell for it. In America on a J1 and needed to keep it open to see if post grad offers were coming in and when i got them email i panicked. Now my account wont open. Any advice?

Your in america? well did you know your credit card expires after 1 month when you go there. If you give me your credit card details ill stop it from deactivating!!!! throw in your bank details and send me your car keys while your at it:D

Defenestrate

Brow wrote: »

Well I fell for it.

Brow

Defenestrate wrote: »

Maybe write it again minus any abuse?

Looking back on it, thats how i feel....

gizmo

Off topic spam and flames have been deleted. adamski8, your posts were deleted for that very reason as per the forum charter.

As for the OP, as Kippy said any email asking you for your password should always be ignored, its a general rule of thumb really.