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Urgent new message from Pennsylvania State University

October 25, 2017 by dre

Phishing message from 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 25, 2017

 

From: “Psu Admin” <msrour@bu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <msrour@bu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:45:08 AM
Subject: Urgent new message from Pennsylvania State University

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You have one new message from Pennsylvania State University

 

“View message” [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the brw-architects.com domain]

Thanks for your cooperation

Mail Service Team @All Rights Reserved

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Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: "fake webaccess", bad "from" address, link shown is not the real link, no personalization

Request Processing!

August 15, 2017 by dre

A variant of this phishing message has been seen with the subject line “***Request Proccessing.”

From: “+Penn State Service Management” <norreply@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <norreply@psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 2:01:12 PM
Subject: Request Proccessing!

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

CANCEL REQUEST NOW [<- Links to a fake web access page on www.zepboys.com]

Record Number: INC0249903 Status: Proccessing
Opened On: 08-15-2017 01:01:26 PM Service Offering: Penn State Email
Short Description: Webmail: ‘Request Confirmation’ message

Our second level support let us know that your Webmail inbox was over its 1GB quota. They moved your messages from your inbox to a Webmail folder called [old_inbox.20160302] to make sure that you continue to receive mail. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Thank you,
IT Service Desk

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Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: "fake webaccess"

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