*New York University Email Alert [Code: 3141]* phishing scam

There are new reports about a phishing message that purports to come from “New York University Technical Service “ The phishing message claims “Dear User, The following alert has been posted to your webmail account regarding an unauthorized access to your account,” and instructs the recipient to click on a web link. An adjacent URL takes victims to a malicious website that requests, amongst other things, the NetID and password. This message is a forgery and should be deleted immediately.