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November 21, 2017 by gle13

From: “Pennsylvania State University” <xxxxxxxxx@psu.edu>
To: “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” <xxxxxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:29:53 AM
Subject: Payroll Information

 

You have 1 important message regarding your 2018 payroll.

www.psu.edu/2018/payroll [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.edv-spreitzer.at domain]

Pennsylvania State University | Payroll Services.

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

©2017 Penn Upgrade

November 21, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Penn News” <cweave02@negia.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 5:26:23 AM
Subject: ©2017 Penn Upgrade

​​​​​Penn State University
Remote Webmail Service
Information Systems & Services:
Click below link or copy paste to upgrade
https://7382newmess.jimdo.com/ [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the jimdo.com domain]
© 2017 Penn Upgrade

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

PSU Information Technology

November 6, 2017 by gle13

 

From: ciscoanyconnectservice@uc.edu [mailto:ciscoanyconnectservice@uc.edu]
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2017 6:26 PM
To: xxxxxxx@psu.edu
Subject: PSU Information Technology

 

Notice to all Faculty, staff, and student.

We have upgraded Cisco anyconnect vpn client software, please click the login button [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the 000webhostapp.com domain] to reactivate your PSU SSL VPN Service access.

 

This is a technology that allows PSU SSL VPN Service Faculty, Staff, Students, and Retirees to securely access the PSU SSL VPN Service Network from anywhere with an Internet connection.

All connections are logged and monitored. By accessing this system, you acknowledge that use of this and any other technology at PSU SSL is subject to the terms of the PSU SSL Conditions of Use and Policy on Computing Ethics

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

Support team

October 31, 2017 by gle13

 

 

From: “WebMail Team” <dooley938@mtco.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 8:39:35 PM
Subject: Support team

 

 

Dear User,

Your mailbox is out of space and your incoming E-mails are currently being rejected. Kindly, upgrade your web mail account. Failure to upgrade your email within 24Hours may lead to webmail suspension,

Click Here to Upgrade now [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the jimdo.com domain]

Thank you for using our Webmail,

Support team

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "to" address, link shown is not the real link, no "to" address, threatens action

© 2017 PennState Upgrade

October 23, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “PennState info” <dooley938@mtco.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2017 4:56:39 PM
Subject: © 2017 PennState Upgrade

 

 

PennState Webaccess upgrade

Remote Webmail Service
Information Systems & Services:

CLICK HERE TO UPGRADE NOW  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the jimdo.com domain]

© 2017 PennState Upgrade

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad link address, generic greeting

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