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New Message For You!

May 17, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “PSU Admin” <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 10:01:28 AM
Subject: New Message For You!

 

Dear Student,

   You have new messages via BlackBoard.

View Message

[<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.bettastations.com domain] 

P.s: Submitting late Might Come with some penalty.

Penn State University Management.

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

Don’t let your account be deleted

May 10, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Office365” <shinjiro@syn-chro.com>
To: “xxxxxxxx” <xxxxx@xxxxx.xxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 4:03:56 PM
Subject: Don’t let your account be deleted

 

Your password was entered incorrectly more than 3 times.

Your account is currently frozen. You still have 24 hours until your %E-mail_address% account will be deleted.
You can prevent this by  unfreezing your account.

Please click here to unfreeze your account. [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the vsl-libya.com domain]

This is an automated message.

Please do not reply to this email.

Regards,
Office365 Team

 

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade", Phishing Tagged With: bad "from" address, no personalization, threatens action

PSU Alert

April 10, 2018 by mcl158

From: “Pennsylvania State University” <xy1@psu.edu>  <– not a valid Penn State account
To: “Recipients” <xy1@psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 4:15:09 PM
Subject: PSU Alert

Dear User,

You have exceeded your mailbox allocated limit, and your account has been temporarily blocked from sending future mails.

Kindly click here and follow prompt to restore account.  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the unimed.ro domain]

Thank you.
University of New Mexico

Filed Under: Phisning for credentials Tagged With: bad "from" address, no personalization, threatens action

You Have A New Secured Message!

March 9, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “Psu Admin” <noreportal@psu.edu>
To: xxxxxxxxxx@psu.edu
Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 4:30:17 PM
Subject: You Have A New Secured Message!

 

Dear Student,

YOUR STUDENT PORTAL WAS RECENTLY ACCESSED FROM AN UNKOWN LOCATION!!

WE NEED YOU TO CONFIRM IF THIS IS FROM YOU NOW.

IF NOT CLICK BELOW THIS INSTANT!

                CLICK HERE. [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the woodlandparty.com domain]

 .. Admin office

PSU MANAGEMENT.

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, no personalization, threatens action

Your Portal Has Been Accessed!

February 22, 2018 by gle13

 

From: “PSU Admin” <noreply@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <noreply@psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 3:42:22 PM
Subject: Your Portal Has Been Accessed!

 

Dear Student

Your student portal! was recently signed from an unknown Location.

Please for verification to avoid closure of your account

CLICK HERE To View Area Portal Was Accessed >>> [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the ncpublishing.com domain]

 

Admin office

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: bad "from" address, bad "to" address, generic greeting, threatens action

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