Fake email tried to snatch Fresno State students' passwords

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - An email sent retired to a fig of Fresno State students Tuesday greeting attempted to instrumentality recipients into giving up their passwords.

A transcript of the email seen by YourCentralValley.com shows that it was supposedly sent by "dos@mail.fresnostate.edu" and is from "Campus Communications." The email warns the recipient that their Fresno State Portal volition supposedly beryllium deactivated the adjacent time unless they instrumentality action.

The connection states that those who privation to "avoid disruption successful accessing email resources" should click the included nexus "for instant resolution."

In a statement, Fresno State told YourCentralValley.com that, soon aft this connection went out, different was sent with instructions connected changing their passwords successful lawsuit anyone had clicked the phishing link.

Technology Services is actively moving to mitigate this contented and heighten our email information measures. 

That 2nd email sent retired besides warned users what to bash erstwhile they person suspicious emails (such arsenic not clicking the links oregon downloading attachments) and however to study them to Fresno State.