Office for Information Technology

Email Scam Alert

If you get an email that says your mailbox is full, and asks you to re-validate your account- don’t do it- it’s a scam and they’re trying to get your Williams username & password. The site the email takes you to looks like our webmail page, but if you look at the URL: http://ativeg.org//wp-content/plugins/webmail.williams.edu/ – you’ll see that it’s not a .williams.edu address.

Email:

Dear User,

This is to inform you that your mailbox Has exceeded Its storage limit/quota as set by the web administrator, and you will not be able to Re-validate Your Account Please click on link below to receive or send new mails until you
the link Below;

Re-validate Your Account

Thanks For Your Co-operation.
Williams College Security Team