Maintenance Alert email Scam

From ICT

“The following scam (below) has been widely reported on Campus.

Please delete the message. ICT Service Desk does not request password information by email

—–Original Message—–
From: info@canterbury.ac.nz [mailto:hildableakley@eircom.net]
Sent: Sunday, 23 September 2012 6:44 a.m.
To: Recipients not specified
Subject: Maintenance Alert!

Ref: 09/243/IT2012
Due to the recent Virus attack on our database,We are currently upgrading our database and all canterbury.ac.nz accounts need to be verified.’IT Helpdesk’ will be upgrading to the latest anti-spam version.You are required to provide us the below information withing the next 72 hours so that your account can be upgraded or have your account deleted from our database due to the menance of this virus.
User Name:
Password:
Thank You.
canterbury.ac.nz Helpdesk
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