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“Account-Update”

July 16, 2018 by jcb388

 

 

 

 

 

This is to notify all the PSU students and staffs that your account information need to be updated in our database to avoid deactivation .Click
View here [<–Link leads to a phishing site with the sitebuilder.name.com  domain] to update

 



This message may contain confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, do not use, distribute, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the UC Irvine Health – Compliance and Privacy Office via email at hacompliance@uci.edu or by phone 888-456-7006 immediately if you have received this e-mail in error. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. 

Filed Under: Penn State But Not WebAccess, Phishing, Phisning for credentials, PSU But Not Penn State, PSU Message and Non-PSU Site, PSU Password on a Non-PSU Service

eradicating un-used accounts

October 23, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “PSU” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2017 6:22:40 AM
Subject: eradicating un-used accounts

 

Hi,

PSU is presently carrying out member verification service to eradicate un-used accounts.
We’re making a few improvements aimed at giving you even better security.
Sign in below to see your new inbox and complete the sync process in one simple step.
This will only take a minute.

Proceed here>>>  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the lbihost.ru domain]

The Pennsylvania State University
©2017. All rights reserved.

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade", PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

PSU: New Important E-mail

October 16, 2017 by gle13

 

 

From: Penn State <harold@donnellyind.com>
Date: Monday, October 16, 2017 at 11:16 AM
To: xxxxx xxxxxxx <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Subject: PSU: New Important E-mail

 

Dear xxxxxxx@psu.edu
You have 1 Important message from your school faculty.
 
Sign In [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the googleapis.com domain]
Blackboard | Services
Blackboard Learn

Filed Under: PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

One New Message!

October 5, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “DocuSign” <GOT41@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <GOT41@psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:48:22 PM
Subject: One New Message!
                                                   Image result for docusign

                      YOU HAVE A NEW MESSAGE VIA DocuSign.

Requested PO

View file [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.usdigital.co.uk domain]

Enjoy!
The DocuSign team

© 2017 DocuSign

Filed Under: PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

Secure Messages Center has (1) New Message

October 3, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Penn State WebMail” <secure@webaccess.psu.edu>
To: “Penn State WebMail” <secure@webaccess.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 11:34:39 AM
Subject: Secure Messages Center has (1) New Message

 

We’d like to inform you that your Secure Messages Center has (1) New Message.

Please login to your Penn State WebMail account and visit the Secure Message Center section in order to read the message.

Login to your Penn State Webmail Address >>> [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the pousadadasandorinhas.com domain]

(The Message Center contains only important information about your account .)

2017 Allstate Insurance Company. All Rights Reserved.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess, PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

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