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The Latest Phishes Sent to Penn Staters

ACCOUNT VERIFICATION (FINAL WARNING)

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Phishing message from 9:06 a.m. on April 12, 2017

From: “Office Mail” <guest3@ti-edu.ch>
To: “Recipients” <guest3@ti-edu.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 9:06:38 AM
Subject: ACCOUNT VERIFICATION (FINAL WARNING)

WebMail Portal+
Dear Customer, Thank you for using our verification system.

Click Here to Verify you are the true owner of this account. [<– Link leads to a fake Microsoft login page that looks like the login page for Yammer]
NOTE: Please do not click the link more than once.

Ignorance Of this mail will lead to permanent lock.
Thanks.
Webmail©

[ITS] University Mailbox Quota Exceeded!

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Phishing Message from March 13, 2017 at 10:48 a.m.

From: “IT Service Desk” <xxxxxxxx@ucalgary.ca>
To: xxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 10:48:03 AM
Subject: [ITS] University Mailbox Quota Exceeded!

Your univeristy mailbox quota has exceeded it’s limit, you may not be able to send/receive more emails.
Please delete any item you don’t need from your mailbox and empty your Deleted Items folder OR FOLLOW HERE [<– Link goes to a fake Penn State-themed login page] to enable automatic increase your mailbox storage.

The office of Information Security will keep this updated if information should change, but we encourage all users to run their updates after the expected release of this patch.

With kind regards,
Your IT Servicedesk Team

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The Pennsylvania State University
Information Technology Services (ITS)
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© 2017 PennState Information Technology Services (ITS).  All rights reserved.

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UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT!!!

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From: “Xxxxx, Xxxxxx” <xxxxxxx@stthomas.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:33:01 AM
Subject: UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT!!!

This is to notify all the student and staff of Penn State University that your email information need to be updated in our database so as to be able to protect your account fully Click here [<– Link leads to a Penn State-themed login page in the yolasite.com domain] to update your information.

Email Shutdown Final Notification

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Phishing Message from March 8, 2017 at 10:03 a.m.

From: “IT help” <xxxxxxx@bu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxxx@bu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 10:03:00 AM
Subject: Email Shutdown Final Notification

Dear User,

Access to e-mail is about to expire,

We recommend that you update your account to avoid the suspension.
Please follow link below to update your account.

Click here to Update now [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess login page in the canacoreynosa.com domain]

Sincerely,
Psu.edu Customers Services

Security Alert / Profile Error / Issues With Your Email / Issues With Your Account / Urgent Security Issue / Security Threat / Urgent Issue

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Phishing Message from 5:39 a.m. on 2/27/2017

From: PSU Admin <admin@psu.edu> [mailto:dr.grosko@mymts.net]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 5:39 AM
Subject: Security Alert

Dear Candidate,

Your email’s security and Defence module, are out of date. Please note that this could lead to security breach if you do not update and validate your Email.

To further protect your account, we would be suspending it if you do not validate your email security
To validate your mail security, click your email below and login to start the process.

Secure Your Account [<– link presents an “ok” button which, when clicked, opens a fake WebAccess page in the mrdangola.com domain]

Regards,
Customer Service Department.