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Important Meeting

June 6, 2018 by jcb388

Dear Falculty/Staffs/Students,

 

There would be an important meeting tomorrow 6th June 2018

View meeting details.[<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the retuszuszkodzen.pl domain]

 

Thank you
Pennsylvania State University.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: "fake webaccess", bad "to" address, generic greeting, misspelling, no personalization

Payment received!

June 5, 2018 by jcb388


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Payroll:-

Your Payment has been processed and your refund is ready.

Login here to view Your Payment Information.

              View Payment Detail  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the  systemedonline.com domain]

Best Regards,

Bursar Account Management.

Penn State University.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: "fake webaccess", bad "from" address, bad "to" address, no personalization, old PSU branding

Important Notice: New Files Shared with you

May 29, 2018 by gle13

 

 

 

From: OneDriveDocument WebMailer® <onedrive-docmailer@familyresourcefl.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 5:54 AM
To: accounts@onedrivefile.com
Subject: Important Notice: New Files Shared with you

cid:ii_jfs6f22j0_162aa3f27342b606
This link only works for the direct recipients of this message.
cid:ii_jfs6f26x1_162aa3f27342b606

 

A private doͼument has been shared by a contact in your address book. 

 

Access File [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the kitchwares.bid domain]

 

 

cid:ii_jfs6f27s2_162aa3f27342b606

 

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

“Important Notice” or “Howdy”

May 24, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “School Support” <xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 9:24:09 PM
Subject: Important Notice

 

Image result for psu.edu

Payroll:-

     Your Payment has been processed and your tax return is ready.

Login here to view Your Payment Information.

 View Payment Detail  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the thehookahhall.com domain]

 

Best Regards,

Bursar Account Management.

Penn State University.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess, Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, no personalization

RE: Information central.

May 18, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Sarzynski, Kerri” <ksarzynski@occ.cccd.edu>
To: user0144@outlookwebapp.com
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 7:49:59 AM
Subject: RE: Information central.

 

System Administrator has currently increased all mailboxes (size to 25.0GB).  Please sign into update  portal [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the kerrysnow.net domain] to increase your mailbox size- >:MAILBOX UPDATE PORTAL [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the kerrysnow.net domain]
 
 
IT Support
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All right Reserved.

************************** IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged material and are intended only for the person or entity to which the message is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, disclosure, or copying of this information is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message.

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

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