Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Update Your Purdue Email

I received the following email:

Dear Purdue Email Users,
This message is from Purdue messaging center to all Purdue email users. We are
currently upgrading our data base and e-mail center. We are deleting all unused
Purdue emails. You are required to verify and update your email by confirming
your email identity. This will prevent your email from been closed during this
exercise. In order to confirm you email identity, you are to provide the
following data'

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW

First Name:...................
Last Name:...................
Email Username : ...............
Email Password : ................

Warning!!! Purdue email user that refuses to verify and subsequently update his
or her email within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her
email permanently.

Thank you for using Purdue!
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

Thanks,
Purdue Admin

Copyright © 2008, Purdue University, all rights reserved.

END

Kinda cute :D ... is it still safe to reply?:
Yeah, nice try :P

3 comments:

A Fly on the Wall said...

wow! 0,0
that was one believable email! I wonder how many accounts they hijacked!

styx said...

Believable until they asked your for your password and then threatened you that you will loose your email permanently :-P

Kanmi the Conqueror said...

I know... whats up with the warning code an all... I think they overdid it too much :P

Copyright?!?!?! When do I get that on a Purdue email!!