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The Latest Phishes Sent to Penn Staters

Your Penn State Access Account – or – Access Account – or PENN STATE IT Helpdesk

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From: “PSU Support Help Desk” <xxx@miamidade.gov>
To: “xxx@psu.edu” <xxx@psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 10:41:47 PM
Subject: Your Penn State Access Account

Dear Penn State E-mail User,

This message is from Penn State University: PSU Support Help Desk, We are

currently upgrading our psu.edu database and e-mail account center i.e homepage view,

enhance security installations of new 2017 anti-spam and anti-virus software,large mailbox

space.Kindly verify your e-mail within 24 hours or your e-mail will be

temporarily suspended. CLICK HERE to verify your e-mail.  [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the sackys.com.mx or monroevillemonuments.com or construccionperuana.com domain]

Thanks for your co-operation,

PENN STATE IT HelpDesk

PSU Support Help Desk

© Copyright 2017 Penn State University

 

Portal at Risk

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(a variant of this has two exclamation marks in the subject line)

 

From: “PSU Admin ” <nooreply@psu.edu>
Date: August 10, 2017 at 8:32:51 PM EDT
To: Recipients <nooreply@psu.edu>
Subject: Portal at Risk

Your student portal! was recently signed from an unknown Location. Please for verification to avoid closure of your account

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

Admin office

 

Important Notice

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From: “Penn State Service Management” <noreplyy@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <noreplyy@psu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 7:57:20 PM
Subject: Important Notice

 

Your email has been blacklisted and will be terminated in less 72hours Time, therefore link below has been recommended for you to validate your mailbox and continue using our service.
Solve & Remove Account From Termination List [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the somtechsolutions.net domain]
PSU Mail Management.

Account Limited

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From: “Support” <chris.tytanic@ou.edu>
To: “Recipients” <chris.tytanic@ou.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 3:10:10 AM
Subject: Account Limited
Dear User,
We detected a problem with your email address, Your Email account will be close if you fail to verify.
To retain your account, kindly Request Verify  to continue using our services.
 
REQUEST VERIFY [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the www.kk-kfz.at domain]
 
© 2017 Inc. All Rights Reserved.

new mail for you from admin!

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From: “helpdesk@psu.edu” <noreplly@psu.edu>
To: “Recipients” <noreplly@psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:25:48 PM
Subject: new mail for you from admin!

 

     You will be blocked from sending and receiving emails if not confirmed within 24 hours.

You are required to update your wbemail with the link below;
 >>> PSU WEBMAIL <<< [<–Link leads to a fake WebAccess page in the ellenmcnamara.com domain]
Admin Management.