Please be on guard against “phishing” e-mails that are recently being sent to some SNU mail users masquerading as ‘Seoul National University Administrative Office.’ These e-mails have no relation whatsoever to our center. If you receive an e-mail that demands personal information (password, birthday, etc.) sent by ‘davideobrien1@eircom.net’ with the title ‘SNU Computing Center’, DO NOT reply to them. If you have replied to these e-mails by accident, log on to http://my.snu.ac.kr, change your password, and contact the following number.
ㆍInquiries: 880-5377(516)
ㆍPhishing is the act of changing an e-mail’s feature illegally to disguise its origin into a lawful source.

University Computer Center

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[Example of the relevant “Phishing” E-Mail]

Title: SNU Computing Center
From:"Seoul National University Administrative Office"
> davideobrien1@eircom.net

> Attn: SNU Account user.
> Please be informed that we will be upgrading our system in a couple of
> days from now and your account needs to be reactivated, to complete your
> account activation you must reply to us
> Immediately and enter your valid account details as requested below.

> Full Name
> User Name/ID
> Password

> You are required to do this before the next 48 hours of receipt of this
> email or your account will be erased and de-activated from our database.

> You will be sent an account activation code to the account details you
> provide in next seven (7)
> Working days after undergoing this process for security reasons.