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Multiple Subjects: Penn State University or PSU IT- Technical Support or Ticket No: 9005637728 or Penn State Technical Support Ticket No: 9005637728

April 11, 2018 by mcl158

 

From: “LEICHTNAM, CALEB” <CALEICHTNAM@rochester.k12.mn.us>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 2:56:59 PM
Subject: Penn State University

Hello,
Thanks for contacting P.S.U Technical Desk your Ticket No is: 9005637728

Request to De-activate your PSU Email account will be completed shortly.

If you think this is an error and you want to keep your account active, please undo request HERE

[ ^ Link leads to a generic login page in the jotform.com domain ^ ]

Thanks,
Penn State University
Technical Support

 

Filed Under: PSU Message and Generic Site Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad link address, no "to" address, no personalization

PSU Alert

April 10, 2018 by mcl158

From: “Pennsylvania State University” <xy1@psu.edu>  <– not a valid Penn State account
To: “Recipients” <xy1@psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 4:15:09 PM
Subject: PSU Alert

Dear User,

You have exceeded your mailbox allocated limit, and your account has been temporarily blocked from sending future mails.

Kindly click here and follow prompt to restore account.  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the unimed.ro domain]

Thank you.
University of New Mexico

Filed Under: Phisning for credentials Tagged With: bad "from" address, no personalization, threatens action

Security Alert! Please Read

January 5, 2018 by mcl158

From: “Pennsylvania State University” <xxxxxx@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 10:04:27 AM
Subject: Security Alert! Please Read

The Pennsylvania State University

Security Alert , Friday, 5 January 2018

Your Pennsylvania State University email account has been suspended. You must verify it immediately or your account will be closed or wouldn’t be able to send or receive mail.

Click link to verify: http://news.psu.edu  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the etech-point.com domain]

Regards
© 2018 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad link address, no personalization, poor grammar, threatens action

Verify your Account

January 4, 2018 by mcl158

From: “Psu Account” <fs@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <fs@psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 8:19:13 PM
Subject: Verify your Account

Dear User

You have less than 48hours to complete. Verify your account to continue using this service.
Continue with Verification    [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the devilspeakbandb.biz domain]

However, if you do not cancel this request your account will be shutdown shortly and all your email data will be lost permanently.
Regards.

Penn State Undergraduate Service

Filed Under: Penn State But Not WebAccess Tagged With: generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no personalization, threatens action

Warning!! Email Account Block Notification / Verify

January 2, 2018 by mcl158

From: “PSU SECURITY” <u3902828@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <u3902828@psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 10:53:03 PM
Subject: Warning!! Email Account Block Notification / Verify

Dear User

We received a request to terminate your Pennsylvania State University. Your request is being processed and all associated data will be removed from our server shortly.

If this wasn’t you, please use this link to below to stop request and continue account usage.

Click here to stop request now  [<–Link leads to a now removed page in the global-packaging.fr domain]

If you made this request, you’re all set and no further action is required from you.

Filed Under: Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, bad link address, generic greeting, no personalization

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