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We detected something unusual about your account

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From: “Penn State” <REDACTED@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <REDACTED@psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:07:42 PM
Subject: We detected something unusual about your account

Dear User,

We detected something unusual about your account. To help keep you safe, we require an extra security update.
As part of our Security Agreement we have place your email on “Limitation”

Click ‘Review’ below to verify your identity
Review* ▸  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the pdfdocxy.com domain]

*To learn how alerts like this one help you to protect your webmail, visit PennState Help Center.

Message From Admin.

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From: “Helpdesk@psu.edu ” <REDACTED@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <REDACTED@psu.edu>
Subject: Message From Admin.
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:04:27 -0600

Attention:-

Your incoming mails will be hold due to in activity log in verification,

kindly Validate Here to open and continue receiving all mails on Hold
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PSU Mail Team.

UPDATE-ACCOUNT

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Subject:     UPDATE-ACCOUNT
Date:     Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:06:58 -0700
From:     PSU <y2@sgrtex.com>

PENN STATE USER

Your inbox account has reached an Upgrade stage and All your incoming message will be pending,  If you still an active user, Verify Your User ID to continue usage. click the button to verify your account:  CONTACT US

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Thanks and Regards
PSU WEB ACCESS Inc

new message for you

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From: “PSU Alert” <anything00@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <anything00@psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 2:52:21 PM
Subject: new message for you

Dear User,

We received a request from you to shutdown your mailbox, Kindly cancel if its an error to continue using your mailbox:-

CANCEL REQUEST & RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the thunderridge.biz domain]

 

Office of Information Security

Penn State University.