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You have an important message from your faculty admin

November 6, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “ITS Alerts” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 8:53:01 AM
Subject: You have an important message from your faculty admin

 

Dear user,

You have 4 important messages from your faculty admin

Click the URL below to read.

http://www.psu.edu/faculty/it-services/index/  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the peruviptrips.com or co.pt domain]

Thanks

PSU.EDU/IT

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad "to" address, generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no "to" address

Quarter webaccess Update

November 2, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Web PSU” <y2@sgrtex.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 9:56:51 AM
Subject: Quarter webaccess Update

 

PENN STATE 
 
TO ALL:  WebAccess User
 
Your inbox account has reached an Upgrade stage and All your incoming message will be pending,  If you still an active user, Verify Your User ID to continue usage. 
 
click the button to verify your account: MY-PSU [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the pessoabela.com.br domain]
Do not ignore this update to avoid your account deleted from Colostate Database

Thanks and Regards
Penn State WEB ACCESS

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, generic greeting, link shown is not the real link, no "to" address, no personalization, threatens action

Verify your account

October 27, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “PSU.IT.Admin” <xxxxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 11:21:27 AM
Subject: Verify your account

 

Warning: Some of your folders are approaching their absolute maximum size limit. Any additional mail
sent to these folders may be irretrievably lost.

Click More Info [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the damodaracademy.com domain] to update your account.

IT Service Admin

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad link address, generic greeting, no "to" address, no personalization

Important: Penn State Account Services

October 25, 2017 by dre

Phishing message from 4:49 pm on Oct. 24, 2017r

From: “PennState” <penn@penn.com>
To: “PennState” <penn@penn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 4:49:47 PM
Subject: Important: Penn State Account Services

Dear Penn State Email User,

It has come to our attention that your Penn State profile information is out of date.

* You must update your profile as soon as possible.

>> Penn State Email Sign In [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the longtianedu.com domain]

 

You are receiving this e-mail because you are a Penn State Community member.

 

Contact Us. 201 Old Main, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: "fake webaccess", bad "from" address, bad "to" address, generic greeting

Library Account

October 24, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Library Services” <xxxxx@psu.edu>
To: xxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 4:40:59 AM
Subject: Library Account

 

Dear Member,

Your access to your library account is expiring soon due to inactivity. To continue to have access to the library services, you must reactivate your account.
For this purpose, click the web address below or copy and paste it into your web browser. A successful login will activate your account and you will be redirected to your library profile.

http://cat.libraries.psu.ulibi.ml/uhtbin/patroninfo [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the ulibi.ml domain]

If you are not able to login, please contact xxxxxxxxx at xxxxxx@psu.edu  for immediate assistance.  

Sincerely,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Penn State University – Library
201 Old Main
University Park
Pennsylvania 16802
xxx-xxx-xxxx

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: generic greeting, threatens action

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