Students of Oxford University lately became targets of bulk electronic mails that posing as messages from SLC (Student Loans Company) tried to 'phish' information off them, reported cherwell.org in news on December 24, 2011.
It maybe noted that Student Loans Company represents one public sector firm in UK that offers grants and loans for the benefit of more than 1m students every year throughout the country.
A particular sample phishing e-mail, addressing students, tells that it's an authorized notification about one crucial account update. Moreover, because of a just conducted SLC database update, the company mandates that every student should make his account information up-to-date towards making sure he gets his scheduled payment as also not have any missed payment, the e-mail asserts.
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