ALERTS

Phishing Attempt: University of Hawaiʻi, Act Now (Feb 14 9:10 am)

A phishing attempt has been reported supposedly from the University of Hawaii. Please do NOT reply to the email or click on the link. Do NOT submit your personal information. The University of Hawaii will NEVER ask for your Âé¶¹´«Ã½username and password in an email message. See:   for reporting a new/suspicious email targeting Âé¶¹´«Ã½usernames.

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This is the last time we will notify you that we'll stop processing incoming emails in your school account, and the reason is you failed to verify your account which may lead to the permanent deletion of your account from our database in the next few hours.  Account disconnection will take place today.

Kindly take a minute to complete our email verification below.

(If you are unable to click on the link, simply copy and paste to your URL search bar)

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Important: In the form, please enter your email password where indicated.    

<ACPPlease Note : ACP means Type your PASSWORD

Please note the one-time submission and entry only.

 
Note: On the form, there’s a field labelled “ACP.” This actually means your email password — the one you use to log in to your email account. ACP on the form means PASSWORD (the one you use to log in to your email account)

University of HawaiÊ»i Help Desk

Warm Regards,

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