Just got this phishing email. Wow. Really poorly done. Wonder if anyone clicks on the link?
Dear UC Davis Email User,
You have exceeded Your UC Davis Email quota limit of 2.5GB
and you are advice to expand your UC Davis Email quota limit
within the next 72hrs of notification. So therefore you are
to upgrade your UC Davis Email quota limit to 5GB. By using
the below link to upgrade your UC Davis Email account.
http://www.totallyfake.net/phpForms/use/WebmasterUpgrade/form1.html (NOTE I HAVE CHANGED THE DOMAIN NAME SO AS NOT TO RISK ANYONE CLICKING ON SOMETHING BAD)
Failure to upgrade, we shall de-activate your UC Davis Email
account from our database.
Sign
Management.
UC Davis Email Administrator.
Thank you for using UC Davis Email Service.
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The most ridiculous thing about that phishing attempt is that it probably works!
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