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WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There are emails that are being circulated, an example of which is below, that include a suspicious link. 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 link points to a site unrelated to the purported sender.
 

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From: noreply@<REMOVED>.edu [mailto:noreply@<REMOVED>.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 12:12 PM
To: <REMOVED>
Subject: Verify your account


It is time to verify your account. To avoid your account being deleted as inactive, please verify your account<http://login.<REMOVED>.net?rid=bb36e53232bf0e1ce46a81347cfb66a41840ca7af1681eb369a64b6c088dfaa1>.

[http://login.<REMOVED>.net/track?rid=bb36e53232bf0e1ce46a81347cfb66a41840ca7af1681eb369a64b6c088dfaa1]