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<div>Treasury has received word of another phishing email received by some state agency staff recently. The email appears to be from Elavon-Inc and instructs the receiver to click on an attached link. A sample of the phishing email received is included below.</div>
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<div>If you receive suspicious email that uses Elavon’s name, Elavon asks that you notify them immediately by emailing <a href="mailto:techsupp@elavon.com"><font color="#0000FF"><u>techsupp@elavon.com</u></font></a> or calling 1.800.377.3962. </div>
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<div><u><b>SAMPLE E-MAIL</b></u></div>
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<div>From: Elavon-Inc. [<a href="mailto:notifications@myvirtualmerchant.elavon.com">mailto:notifications@myvirtualmerchant.elavon.com</a>] </div>
<div>Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:31 AM</div>
<div>Subject: ACCOUNT VERIFICATION</div>
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<div>Dear Elavon Virtual Merchant customer,</div>
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<div>To help protect your identity and login information, verification of your account is required.</div>
<div>Download the attachment in this e-mail and continue. Thank You!</div>
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