Barry, These are unfortunately quite common. I probably get an email similar to this at least once a month to my MSU email account. Stephen Bogdanski Network Services College of Veterinary Medicine Michigan State University >>> Barry Tigner <[log in to unmask]> 8/22/2008 8:57 AM >>> ************* phishing attack *********************** From: The Msu Email Support Team <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Subject: E-mail Subscriber Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:22 -0700 (03:00 EDT) Attn: Msu Subscriber: This mail is to inform all our {Msu} users that we will be upgrading our site in a couple of days from now. So you as a Subscriber of our site you are required to send us your Email account details so as to enable us know if you are still making use of your mail box. Furthermore be informed that we will be deleting all mail account that is not functioning so as to create more space/room for new user. so you are to send us your original mail account details which are as follows: *User name: *Password: *Date of birth: Failure to do this will immediately render your email address/account deactivated from our database. You can also confirm your email address by logging into your Edu account /http://mail.Msu.edu before send ing it to us. Thank you for using Msu Email Account! Your response should be sent to the following e-mail address. Yours In Service. The Msu Email Support Team Webmail Admin Service. ***************** end of phishing attack ********************* Barry A. Tigner Electronics Shop manager Physics and Astronomy department Michigan State University [log in to unmask] 517-884-5538