Quite a few people have received a message asking you to login to “reset” their email. This is something that IT services would never ask you to do. It is similar to others that have asked you “verify” your email. As it generated a few queries, I am posting an example with an explanation of characteristics that help to determine that this is a scam. If you had clicked on the link before the website was taken down you would have seen a copy of the University web portal which was an attempt to steal your username and password.
