Warning about LGfL Email hoax

Dear Colleagues,

Brian Durrant, CEO of LGfL has informed me this morning that some LGfL email accounts may have received an email purporting to be from LGfL requesting confidential login details. This is a HOAX and recipients should not respond in any way.

At this stage I don't know how widespread the distribution of the email is so it would be worth warning staff that they may receive this and should not under any circumstances respond. If any staff have received the email and responded they should immediately contact me and I will arrange for the account details to be changed.

At this stage LGfL have not indicated whether the hoax also includes London Mail. I have emailed Brian Durrant to ask about this.

I have copied the text of the message below for information.

Kind regards

Dan Warner

ICT Adviser

London Borough of Haringey

Haringey PDC

Tel 02084895058

 

From: LGfL Webmaster Updates [accounthelpdesk@live.com]
Sent: 13 June 2011 23:08
Subject: Warning Update Your LGFL Account Now‏

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We are currently Upgrading our database for more LGfL Services efficiency, so therfore we are requesting that you send Us all information you used earlier to register the mailbox for confirmation and Upgrading your mailbox size by Microsoft Exchange. We are about Upgrading your mailbox storage limit to 600MB. To prevent your account from being deleted, you must reply to this e-mail by providing us the Information for confirmation that you still operate this email on regular basis:

 

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