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September 29, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “Admin” <zacbowman4@ou.edu>
To: “Recipients” <zacbowman4@ou.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:45:55 PM
Subject: Read

Dear User,

You have reached the storage limit of your Mailbox.

Your Outgoing Mails are on Hold

Please click to restore access to your email

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

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Best Regards.
Email Account Team

Filed Under: Generic Webmail "Upgrade" Tagged With: generic greeting, threatens action

Verify Your Penn State Email

September 28, 2017 by gle13

From: “Penn State University” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <xxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 12:00:40 PM
Subject: Verify Your Penn State Email

 

Dear PennState staff/student,

Your email has reached an Upgrade stage to match the new webaccess updated version, Verify Your User Email to continue usage.

This is for your own safety to continue using your account, click the button below.

Click Here To Ugrade  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the malsaexpress.com domain]
 


Regards,
IT Service Provider Team,
PennState
Copyright 2017

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: generic greeting, no personalization, threatens action

Are You Aware Of This? No Changes Has Been Made!

September 22, 2017 by dre

From: “Penn State Management” <no-reply0@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <no-reply0@psu.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2017 11:41:25 AM
Subject: Are You Aware Of This? No Changes Has Been Made!

[Image result for psu.edu security image ]

Penn State Security Issue
Your profile will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administration 22/09/2017
According to provision 13.3 of Terms, Psu IT Security may at any time, terminate its Services for account.
You can refute the statement, by following this link:

Click Here [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the wuhuy.com domain]

If this complaint has not been rejected for 2 days, your mail account will be blocked.
Complaint ID: 27472.

© 2017 Penn state management. All Rights Reserved

Filed Under: Fake WebAccess Tagged With: no personalization, poor grammar, threatens action

Please Verify Account:PSU.EDU

September 15, 2017 by mcl158

From: “Mail PSU” <sud@psu.edu>    [<–not a valid psu.edu address]
To: “Recipients” <sud@psu.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 9:04:16 AM
Subject: Please Verify Account:PSU.EDU

Pennsylvania Technical Service

Dear User

You have less than 48hours to complete. Verify your account to continue using this service.
Continue with Verification    [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the ce.unnes.ac.id domain]

However, if you do not cancel this request your account will be shutdown shortly and all your email data will be lost permanently.
Regards.

Pennsylvania Technical Service

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

EMAIL ACCOUNT SHUT DOWN

September 11, 2017 by gle13

 

From: “IT Service” <xxxxxxxxxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 8:37:58 AM
Subject: EMAIL ACCOUNT SHUT DOWN
Your Pennsylvania State University Email needs to be verified to avoid De-activation.

9th September 2017 You have less than 24hrs.

Click the button below to continue using this service

                    &n! bsp;     Continue with Verification [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the heteml.net domain]


Warning: Failure to do this will lead total suspension of your email account.

We apologies for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Regards, 

Pennsylvania State University

Filed Under: PSU But Not Penn State Tagged With: bad "from" address, generic greeting, no personalization, threatens action

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