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July 24, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Mail” <xxxx@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <xxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 2:04:57 PM
Subject: Update

 

Secure Mail.

Dear  User, 

You Requested to Shut down your E-mail, Did you initiate this Action? If No, Kindly Cancel Request below by clicking the Cancel Request icon below  your account will be automatically restored to it’s normal  settings.
Cancel Request  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the oosterveldbeheer.nl domain]
Regards,
 Mail Team
Virus-free. www.avast.com

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, bad link address, threatens action

John sent a document to you

July 24, 2017 by gle13

From: “PSU Notifications” <xxxxx@psu.edu>
To: “you” <xxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2017 11:01:40 AM
Subject: John sent a document to you

 

John shared a document with you.

View  Document  Now [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the valdosta.edu domain]

Notice: You are entitled to make changes to the shared file.

Filed Under: PSU Message and Non-PSU Site Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, bad link address

[xxxxx@psu.edu – Internal Message]

July 24, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “PennState Alerts” <e-alerts@webaccess.psu.edu>
To: xxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2017 10:33:29 AM
Subject: [xxxxx@psu.edu – Internal Message]

 

Penn State Home Page

Dear Member [Account ID: xxxxx@psu.edu]

You have received a new internal message from a faculty staff.

Click here to view message  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the lideragro.ru domain]

Notice: Internal messages can only be accessed via your online portal.

The Pennsylvania State University

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad link address

Security challenge required validate all accounts

July 21, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Penn State ITS Services” <norely-itssecuritydesk-psu.edu@sprucetech.com>
To: “Penn State ITS Services” <norely-itssecuritydesk-psu.edu@sprucetech.com>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:58:55 PM
Subject: Security challenge required validate all accounts

 

Dear user,

Due to system data updates in progress, we are writing to advise that all webmail users should take this extra security challenge and validate all accounts…You are required to visit the secure URL webmail client for account validation, “Click here“ [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the mcmurtryclan.org domain] to re-validate.

Please note that if this notification is ignored, you will have difficulty sending and receiving emails through our secure network portal.

Thanks for your time
ITS Services.

**********************************************************
Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: link shown is not the real link

Email: xxxxxx@xxx.psu.edu Suspension Warning!

July 21, 2017 by gle13

From: “Mail Team.” <jiangrong@hfec.com>
To: xxxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:33:53 PM
Subject: Email: xxxxxx@psu.edu Suspension Warning!

 

Dear xxxxxx@psu.edu,

You have a pending security update on your (xxxxxx@psu.edu)
account.

Update Now [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the smpeducation.com domain]

Regards,

Account Services

The Administrator Team

The information contained in this huafu engineering’s email may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by replying this email and deleting it from your system.
Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.
这封属于华福工程的电子邮件的内容可能会涉及保密、机密或者被保护的信息。如果读者不是这封电子邮件的收件人,您将被通知:任何分发、发布、或复制此电子邮件是被严格禁止的。如果您错误的收到这封电子邮件,请立即回复此电子邮件并立即通知我们,并把它从您的系统中删除。
互联网通信不能保证及时、安全、无错误或无病毒。发件人不接受任何因错误或疏漏造成的赔偿责任。

Filed Under: PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: link shown is not the real link

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