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Active User: Mail Account Up-date

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From: “PSU System” <rajesh@ortechindia.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2017 9:03:12 PM
Subject: Active User: Mail Account Up-date

You Have {1} New Important Message

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From: “Pennsylvania State University” <REDACTED@ucsd.edu>
To: “REDACTED” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 11:46:01 AM
Subject: You Have {1} New Important Message

Dear xxxxxxx@psu.edu,

Logon in to your Pennsylvania State University WebAcess account to verify your mail and view incoming message.

CLICK HERE TO VERIFY  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page

                                                             in the gpandsweb.com domain]

PSU MAIL UPDATE…

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From: “PSU Datalogs” <xxxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 2:59:07 PM
Subject: PSU MAIL UPDATE…

 

PENN STATE
Dear users
 
Your inbox account has reached an Upgrade stage and All your incoming message will be pending,  If you still an active user please Verify Your User ID to continue usage. Please do not ignore this email to ! avoid your account deleted from PSU database,
 
click the button to verify your account:  PSU Database [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the http://psudesks.wulistshop.com domain]

Thanks and Regards
PSU WEB ACCESS Inc

Verify your account.

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From: “PennState Webmail” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2017 08:16 AM
Subject: Verify your account.
To:

You have 1 important mail alert!

We strongly advise you should update your account and resolve the problem.

Click here [<– Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the specialitapizzimenti.com domain] to proceed

Failure to do this will lead to your account been suspended or de-activated.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Regards,
PennState WebMail! Account Services

Urgent Announcement

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From: “IT-Help-Desk@PSU.EDU” <xxxxxx@ksu.edu>
To: xxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:09:04 AM
Subject: Urgent Announcement
Dear All,

This is to notify all Students and Staffs of Pennsylvania State University that we are validating active accounts.

Kindly confirm that your account is still in use by clicking the validation link below:

Validate Email Account [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the charanflowerdecorators.com domain]

Sincerely
IT Help Desk
Office of Information Technology
Penn State University