Re: [nznog] Heads up -- deceptive email and phone calls : You SSL Certificate will expire soon

Russell Fulton wrote:

These folk have called our Service desk twice recently claiming that certificates are about to expire (when they were not) and this arrived over night. I know this certificate was renewed a couple of months ago.

These attempts to get us to renew are borderline fraudulent so I thought I would warn others...

The attempt is not only too close to be fraudulent, but highly stupid: The expiration date included on the email is in the past (8/23/2006)! Thanks for the heads up cheers,

Russell

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*From: *Nayan Sagar - Viteb Solutions mailto:nayan(a)viteb.com> *Date: *20 August 2010 9:05:19 AM NZST *To: *mailto:r.fulton(a)auckland.ac.nz> *Subject: **You SSL Certificate will expire soon*

http://www.ssllogic.com/ To, IT – Department idp.auckland.ac.nz

We are writing this email to remind you that SSL Certificate for your domain idp.auckland.ac.nz is going to expire on 8/23/2006. We recommend you to Renew your Certificate as soon as possible.

To Renew your SSL Certificate, click here http://www.ssllogic.com/renew-ssl/

If you renew it now, you will be eligible for getting EV SSL (SSL with Greenbar) Certificate worth US $684 along with COMODO HackerProof Certificate worth US $4131.

So hurry up and renew your SSL Certificate and give the best security to your domain with huge savings.

NOTES: 1. This offer does not include wildcard certificates, UCC certificates and Code Signing products. 2. EV SSL would be issued maximum for 2 years validity. 3. Subject to Terms & Conditions.

* * *SSL Logic* US +1 (818) 660 2319 AUS +61 (02) 8003 3462 UK +44 (0) 208 123 5437 Email : INFO(a)SSLLOGIC.COM mailto:info(a)ssllogic.com Website : WWW.SSLLOGIC.COM http://www.ssllogic.com/ http://www.ssllogic.com/

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