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Account Verification

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Phishing Mesage From February 6, 2017 at 3:54 p.m.

From: “The Pennsylvania State University” <user@psu.edu>
To: user@psu.edu
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2017 3:49:43 PM
Subject: Account Verification

[Penn State Mark]

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Policy, Verify your email below to avoid lose of account

Account Verification [<– Link leads to a fake WebAccess log-in page in the mysoreclicks.in domain]

Copyright ©2017 College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University | Privacy and Legal Statements
Contact the Web Administrators | Access the Department Intranet

URGENT: your penn states account expires soon

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Phishing Message from February 6, 2017 at 9:15 a.m.

From: “Penn States IT Service Desk” <itservicedesks@pennstate.org>
To: “XXXX XXXX” <xxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2017 9:15:00 AM
Subject: URGENT: your penn states account expires soon

The Password for your Penn States Account will expires in 24 hours.
To change your Password to insure it does not expire, pleas click on the following link and follow instructions on the page:

itservicedesk.psu.edu [<– Link leads to a generic login page at an address that starts with http://172.24.21.41/]

Asistance is available from IT Services Desk by calling 814-PSU-HELP, or by visiting Wagner Building, University Park.

Thank you,
IT Services Desk

Important Message! You have a new document sent to you ‘PSU NEWS’

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Phishing Message from February 4, 2017 at 6:19 a.m.

From: “Dropbox” <dropbox-notification@email.com>
To: “Recipients” <dropbox-notification@email.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 6:19:10 AM
Subject: Important Message! You have a new document sent to you ‘PSU NEWS’

You have a new document sent to you ‘Shared Folder’ (via Dropbox)

Open Shared Folder or View files and login your email ‘****@psu.edu’

Shared Folder          View files
[These links lead to a fake Dropbox login page]

NOTE: You are accessing a highly secured shared documents.

Dropbox keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share. To view the

University Email Verification

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Phishing messgae from Jan. 11, 2017 at 04:24 a.m.

From: “Universifty Of” <universityemailverification@nuvox.com>
To: xxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 4:24:22 AM
Subject: University Email Verification

Dear User,

We are currently updating our servers, Click below to complete update to Email secure server

Click Here To Update Email [<–Links to a fake Microsoft login page in the goldenmasala.com domain]

University

IT Service Desk

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Phishing message from Jan. 9, 2017 9:06 p.m.

From: “XXXX XXXX XXXX” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 9:06:49 PM
Subject: IT Service Desk

Due to our recent IP routine check, we have reasons to believe that your PSU E-Mail Account has been violated and access by a third party. Kindly click HERE [<– links to a fake WebAccess page in the guncelim.net domain] and verify your mailbox to avoid deactivation.

IT Service Desk