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WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There are emails that are being circulated, an example of which is below, that include suspicious links. These are not legitimate emails.
 
 
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
If you receive an email like this, do not click on the link. If a phishing or spam email makes its way into your inbox, please forward it according to the directions at
http://support.cc.gatech.edu/support-tools/faq/what-should-i-do-when-i-receive-spam-or-phishing-email to improve the accuracy of GT's filters.
 
You can learn to recognize phishing emails. They frequently contain poor grammar and unusual wording. Sometimes they will use a legitimate-looking email address, but they don't always. In some cases, there is a mismatch between the name and the email address in the From field. However, these are not always present. The tell-tale sign is to check without clicking the links to see where they point to. Phishing emails want you to visit a site with an unusual URL that has nothing to do with the purported sender. In the example below, the links point to a site unrelated to the purported sender.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: "MyGaTech" <<REMOVED>@gatech.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 5:00:02 PM
Subject: Your Incident ID is: 130329-018715

Your Incident ID is: 130329-018715

This is an automated message to notify you that we detected a login attempt with a valid password to your GT! account from an unrecognized device on Wed, Oct 16th, 2013 18:33 CEST.

Location: Sweden, Stockholm (IP=<REMOVED>)
Was this you? If so, you can disregard the rest of this email. If this wasn't you kindly follow this link http://mygatech-activityportal.<REMOVED>.com/ to review your GT account
Sincerely,
MyGaTech IT HelpDesk
[---001:000564:57449---]
Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.