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Term Coverage Assistance

April 13, 2018 by dre

From: faculty@universitystaff.org
Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2018 05:57 PM
Subject: Term Coverage Assistance
To:

To: All University Personnel

Your family is counting on you. What steps have you taken to help secure their future? It has never been easier to obtain term coverage. Our records show that we haven’t spoke with you yet and we would like to set up a time to discuss your options. We compare rates from leading providers, with savings up to 70%.

Information Request Form [<–Link leads to a page in the usfacultysolutions.org domain]

Please note this is only available to University Staff.

Thank you for your time,
National Family Coverage

 

If you would no longer like to see these bulletins in the future: www.usfacultysolutions .org

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, no personalization

Attention!

April 3, 2018 by dre

Phishing message from 12:47 p.m. on April 2, 2018

 

From: graham@nasacomercial.com
Date: Mon, Apr 2, 2018 12:47 PM
Subject: Attention!
To:

 

To Avoid Service Suspension, Kindly Validate [<–Link leads to a fake Outlook Web Access page in the komaco.co.za domain] Your Penn State Account.

Regards
Help Desk.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bad "to" address, fake OWA login page, generic greeting, no "to" address

Online Course Evaluation

March 2, 2018 by dre

 

From:
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 4:37:45 PM
Subject: Online Course Evaluation

Good Day,

This email requests that you respond to an online survey regarding online course evaluations. The names of the corresponding instructor and course are located at the top of the evaluation. Please follow the link to open the course evaluation.

http:/psu-classclimate.psu.edu/classclimate/online.php?pswd=D203ZFVAHD7609 [<- Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the 23duytan.com domain.]

 

Thank you for your participation.

Best,
Penn State University Instructional Support Staff
—————————————————
Note: This email has been created automatically. The password indicated in this E-MAIL cannot be traced to you. Your vote is anonymous.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: "fake webaccess", generic greeting, link shown is not the real link

Important Penn Canvas account update required

October 25, 2017 by dre

Phishing message from 9:36 pm on Oct. 25, 2017

From: “Faculty Admin” <XXXXXX@psu.edu>
To: “Faculty Admin” <XXXXXX@psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:36:04 AM
Subject: Important Penn Canvas account update required
Your Canvas account requires an update:

For security reasons you are required to update your PENN canvas account periodically.

Click on the URL below for more information:

http://www.psu.edu/css/canvas/it-services/account.php [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the fietslampje.info domain]

If you do not do so in the next 24hrs, you will not be able to log into Canvas.

Thanks,
PSU.EDU/IT

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

Important: Penn State Account Services

October 25, 2017 by dre

Phishing message from 4:49 pm on Oct. 24, 2017r

From: “PennState” <penn@penn.com>
To: “PennState” <penn@penn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 4:49:47 PM
Subject: Important: Penn State Account Services

Dear Penn State Email User,

It has come to our attention that your Penn State profile information is out of date.

* You must update your profile as soon as possible.

>> Penn State Email Sign In [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the longtianedu.com domain]

 

You are receiving this e-mail because you are a Penn State Community member.

 

Contact Us. 201 Old Main, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: "fake webaccess", bad "from" address, bad "to" address, generic greeting

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