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Fraud email alert - The Sussex Helpdesk

first posted: Mon 22 Jul 2013, 7:42am. Last updated: Mon 22 Jul 2013, 12:29pm

A new fraud email has been reported by Sussex users this morning. The email has the title The Sussex! Helpdesk but is not genuine and should be ignored or deleted.

As with all messages of this kind, you should never respond to requests for personal information. Please contact IT Services if you are in any doubt as to whether an email is genuine. More information is also available on our website:

sussex.ac.uk/its/phishing

Text of fraud email received at Sussex 22 July 2013

From: natale.filippi@univr.it
Sent: ‎22/‎07/‎2013 01:42
Subject: The Sussex! Helpdesk

Your Incident ID is: 130329-018715

This is an automated message to notify you that we detected a login attempt with a valid password to your US! account from an unrecognized device on Sun, Jul 21, 2013 02:42 CEST.

Location: Poland (IP=79.141.160.64)
Was this you? If so, you can disregard the rest of this email. If this wasn't you kindly follow this link http://mysussexportal.webs.com/ to review your US account
Sincerely,
The Sussex! Helpdesk
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Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

 

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