Many of you have received an email message with the subject line: “Webmail Upgrading” (screenshot below. This is a phishing scam. Please do not click any of the links, and if you entered your username and password into this site, please change your UMass Boston email password immediately at password.umb.edu. If you have any difficulty doing so, please call the IT Service Desk at (617) 287-5220.
Although the message claimed to be from “UMass Boston” the sender address is not from a “@umb.edu” email address. Even still, IT will never ask you for your password. Phishing e-mails attempt to deceive you into giving up private information by leading you to a fraudulent web site. Don’t take the bait!
For more information on phishing email and how to detect them, please see our web site at this address: http://www.umb.edu/it/getting_
