Even the Email Identity Thieves Targeting UCLA Can Improve

The identity thieves that have been sending UCLA email users phishing messages designed to steal your passwords, etc., turn out to be followers of Émile Coué (shown at left). In past messages from them, there have been incorrect spellings and odd grammar, as we have noted in past blog posts.  But they are getting better, day by day. Still, you should not reward their efforts at self improvement by clicking on their messages such as today’s edition:

Dear Bruin OnLine E-mail user,

This is to inform all users that our server upgrade/maintenance is scheduled for August 30 2012. You may experience login problems during this period. We are having congestion due to various anonymous account registrations and on this note, we are deactivating some accounts that are no longer active and your account may be deactivated if no action is taken.

To confirm and keep your E-mail account active during and after the upgrade and maintenance, you are advised to login immediately using the account login: [gives you a link which looks like UCLA but actually goes elsewhere]

Your E-mail account will remain active after we have successfully upgraded our server. This is to help us serve you better. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your swift response to this notification.

Bruin OnLine Technical Support Team

You don’t know who Émile Coué  was?  He came up with the phrase, “Day by day in every way, I am getting better and better.”  See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Cou%C3%A9

So sing it out!