Seminary Computing Services

Subject: Dear EARLHAM Email Account Owner (or "VERIFY YOUR EARLHAM.EDU EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW")
From: EARLHAM Team EARLHAM.EDU beta <info@upgrade.com> (First clue - why would any Earlham folks send a message from "info@upgrade.com"?)
Reply-To: <support_emailupgrade@fbnet.co.zw> (Second clue - Zimbabwe is a lovely country, but again, why wouldn't techincal support folks use an Earlham email account?)

Dear EARLHAM Email Account Owner,
This message is from EARLHAM.EDU messaging center to all EARLHAM.EDU
email account
owners.
We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center.
We are deleting all unused EARLHAM.EDU email account to create more space
for new accounts. ((Here is the senseless threat - wouldn't legitimate tech support be able to find out if you are an active student/employee?)

To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below
so that we will know that it's a present used account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW Email (Wouldn't just replying to the message indicate that you're using the account?)
Username : ............... (Legitimate tech support would be able to tell what your username is from your email address)
Email Password : ................ (THE BIG RED FLAG - we will never ask for your password!)
Date o Birth:....................... (Why would we need your "Date o birth" [sic]?!)
Country or Territory : .......... (Now this is just silly - why would tech support need to know what country you're in?)
Reply to the support team below:
Mr Harword Hanks
E-mail: <support_emailupgrade@fbnet.co.zw> (If you want to be sure that the message is a fake, this is an easy thing to check up on - a few moments on Earlham's website will tell you that there is no "Harword Hanks" working there)
Warning!!!
Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven
days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
Thank you for using EARLHAM.EDU !
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ Thanks,
EARLHAM Team EARLHAM.EDU beta
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This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.
(This fake 'virus scanner' message is almost cute. This message probably won't contain a virus, because they hope to get you to give them your information without them having to write one!)