Heads up today: apparently a new email scam is going around. No, there is no such thing as a Columbia Webmail Account, but we’ve seen worse scams. Don’t send personal information to strange email addresses! Full email below.

From: Mail Administrator
Sender: rking113@cogeco.ca
To: (Recipient List Suppressed)
ReplyTo: mail.am043@gmail.com
Subject: Columbia University in the City of New York
Sent: Nov 14, 2010 12:05 PM

The Columbia University in the City of New York wish to inform you that our Account Review Team identified some unusual
activity in your Columbia Webmail Account. Do send us your current login credentials to keep your account active.

Uni:
Password:

Columbia University
Online Webmaster Department