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Phishing

Phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

Sometimes, you may receive an e-mail which asks you to send in your DSV user ID and password. DSV staff will never ask you for a password by e-mail or phone. The e-mail sender address can be faked easily, so don't rely on it. The purpose of stealing user ID and password is to use the account for mailing spam. An example of a phishing e-mail is:

Dear dsv.su.se Subcriber,

This message is from dsv.su.se messaging center to all users of this
Domain.

We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center.
We are deleting all unused email account to create more space for new
accounts.To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it
below so that we will know that it's at present a used account.

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW Email
Username : ...............
Email Password : ................
Date of Birth:.......................
Country or Territory : ..........

Warning!!!
Account owners that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days
of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. Thank you

Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
In cooperation with KTH.