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One New Message!

October 5, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “DocuSign” <GOT41@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <GOT41@psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:48:22 PM
Subject: One New Message!
                                                   Image result for docusign

                      YOU HAVE A NEW MESSAGE VIA DocuSign.

Requested PO

View file [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.usdigital.co.uk domain]

Enjoy!
The DocuSign team

© 2017 DocuSign

Filed Under: PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

Email Notification!!!

October 5, 2017 by gle13

From: EMAIL [mailto:Peter.heneghan@cityofchicago.org]
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 12:54 PM
To: xxxxx, xxxx <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Subject: Email Notification!!!

 

Dear Office 365 User,

Your Email Account  might be Shut-Down. kindly click Activate to Update Your Mailbox.

Activation  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the sellyourcar.sydney domain]

Thanks,

Microsoft Office 365 System Administrator Team 2017

 

This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail (or the person responsible for delivering this document to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this e-mail, and any attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please respond to the individual sending the message, and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and printout thereof.

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

Secure Messages Center has (1) New Message

October 3, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Penn State WebMail” <secure@webaccess.psu.edu>
To: “Penn State WebMail” <secure@webaccess.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:34:39 AM
Subject: Secure Messages Center has (1) New Message

 

We’d like to inform you that your Secure Messages Center has (1) New Message.

Please login to your Penn State WebMail account and visit the Secure Message Center section in order to read the message.

Login to your Penn State Webmail Address >>> [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the pousadadasandorinhas.com domain]

(The Message Center contains only important information about your account .)

2017 Allstate Insurance Company. All Rights Reserved.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess, PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

Your Mail Storage Exceeds Its Limit

October 3, 2017 by dre

From: “Pennsylvania State University” <xxxxxxx@mcgill.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 10:38:04 -0400
Subject: Your Mail Storage Exceeds Its Limit
To: xxxxxxx@psu.edu

– This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. –

Dear USER,

We noticed your mail box limit, which is running very slow and requires capacity increase for security reasons.

For safety reasons we have temporary signed you out.

Sign back in to increase storage limit and continue your usage [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the hattatnakkas.com domain]

No further action is necessary, this is just a notification for your account safety, just follow the above link and Sign back in to increase storage limit and continue your usage

Thank you

Pennsylvania State University

Mailing Address
Office of Registrar Services
112 Shields Bldg,
University Park
, PA 16802

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad "from" address, no personalization, poor grammar

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