Latest Phishing Scams
List below are the latest phishing scams that have been acted upon by Information Security. Think you’ve received a phishing email? Don’t click it, report it.
Email Scam (Oct 18, 2018): “Microsoft Outlook”
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:34:56 +0000 From: "Else-Marie Schrøder Gøhns (EMG)" Subject: Microsoft Outlook Your mailbox is almost full. Current size 2316MB Maximum size 2400MB Please CLICK HERE to Increase your mailbox size. and to upgrade to the new Microsoft 2018...
read moreEmail Scam (Oct 18, 2018): “Action Required!”
From: Jay Kim Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 6:34 AM Subject: Action Required! This email is to notify all students and staff that we will be carrying out an E-mail validation exercise. We will need you to confirm that your account is still in use, please click here...
read moreEmail Scam (Oct 16, 2018): “Dear uchicago.edu account user.”
From: redacted Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 5:20 AM Subject: Dear uchicago.edu account user. Dear uchicago.edu account user. You have exceeded your uchicago.edu e-mail account limit quota of 2 GB and you are requested to expand it within 48 hours or else your...
read moreEmail Scam (Oct 15, 2018): “Robert J. Zimmer’s invitation is waiting for your response”
From: "Robert J. Zimmer(via The Conference Alerts)" Date: 10/12/18 11:16 PM (GMT-06:00) Subject: Robert J. Zimmer's invitation is waiting for your response The Conference Alerts Robert J. Zimmer invites you to connect in The Conference Alerts. Join to The Conference...
read moreEmail Scam (Oct 10, 2018): “EMPLOYEE SURVEY Q/A 2018”
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:43:33 -0700 Subject: EMPLOYEE SURVEY Q/A 2018 From: "HR FRONT DESK" Dear Employee: HR DEPT is conducting an Employee Satisfaction survey to know employees' views about working with us. Your participation is completely voluntary, confidential...
read moreEmail Scam (Oct 8, 2018): “Outlook Notification”
From: "Anne Harding" Subject: Outlook Notification Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:01:52 +0000 Your mailbox is almost full. 2316MB 2400MB Current size Maximum size Please CLICK HERE to Increase your mailbox size. and to upgrade to the new Microsoft Outlook Web App. Your...
read moreEmail Scam (Oct 5, 2018): “Urgent: New Payroll Bulletin”
From: Alberta Rapport Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 10:05 AM Subject: Urgent: New Payroll Bulletin NEW PAYROLL Ticket: # HRD New Payroll Bulletin and Review ; HRM would like you to kindly update your information's with the secure link below to receive new payroll...
read moreEmail Scam (Oct. 4, 2018): “UNIVERSITY JOB OFFER”
From:Christopher Strait Date:Thu, 4 Oct 2018 22:52:17 +0100 Subject:UNIVERSITY JOB OFFER -- Below is the Attachment University Job Offer.docx
read moreEmail Scam (Oct 4, 2018): AW: IT HELP DESK
From:Philip Strohwald To:Philip Strohwald Subject: AW: IT HELP DESK Date:Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:34:52 +0000 Attn: Web user Your Webmail/Outlook e-mail account expired, this may stop the configuration of email delivery and POP settings of the account, page fault when...
read moreEmail Scam (Sep 26, 2018): Re: ITS Help-Desk
From:Angela Campbell To:Angela Campbell Date:Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:05:27 +0000 Subject:Re: ITS Help-Desk Dear Staff/Employees, We are migrating all email accounts into Outlook Web App 2018 and as such all active Account Holder are to verify and Log in for the upgrade...
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