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RE: Information central.

May 18, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Sarzynski, Kerri” <ksarzynski@occ.cccd.edu>
To: user0144@outlookwebapp.com
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 7:49:59 AM
Subject: RE: Information central.

 

System Administrator has currently increased all mailboxes (size to 25.0GB).  Please sign into update  portal [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the kerrysnow.net domain] to increase your mailbox size- >:MAILBOX UPDATE PORTAL [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the kerrysnow.net domain]
 
 
IT Support
© Copyright 2018 OWA
All right Reserved.

************************** IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged material and are intended only for the person or entity to which the message is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, disclosure, or copying of this information is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message.

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade", Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, no personalization, poor grammar

You have 1 Important pending message

May 17, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Penn State University” <xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxx>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 1:26:24 PM
Subject: You have 1 Important pending message

 

 
 

Hellο,

Yου have 1 Impοrtant pending message frοm IT Service Desk.

View *[<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the stanislawow.pl domain] 

 
Thank Yοu.

*Tο learn hοw alerts like this οne help yοu tо prοtect yουr webmail, visit Schοοl Help Center.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess, Phishing Tagged With: generic greeting, no personalization

New Message For You!

May 17, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “PSU Admin” <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 10:01:28 AM
Subject: New Message For You!

 

Dear Student,

   You have new messages via BlackBoard.

View Message

[<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.bettastations.com domain] 

P.s: Submitting late Might Come with some penalty.

Penn State University Management.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess, Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, no personalization, threatens action

You have one new message from Penn State University

May 14, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “PSU.EDU MEMBER SERVICE” <Emilbatu@bu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <Emilbatu@bu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2018 1:53:17 PM
Subject: You have one new message from Penn State University

 

You have one new message from Penn State University

“View message” [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.aef.pt domain]

Thanks for your cooperation

Mail Service Team @All Rights Reserved

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess, Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, no personalization

Don’t let your account be deleted

May 10, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Office365” <shinjiro@syn-chro.com>
To: “xxxxxxxx” <xxxxx@xxxxx.xxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 4:03:56 PM
Subject: Don’t let your account be deleted

 

Your password was entered incorrectly more than 3 times.

Your account is currently frozen. You still have 24 hours until your %E-mail_address% account will be deleted.
You can prevent this by  unfreezing your account.

Please click here to unfreeze your account. [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the vsl-libya.com domain]

This is an automated message.

Please do not reply to this email.

Regards,
Office365 Team

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade", Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, no personalization, threatens action

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