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 (July 20, 2023): Action Required: Uchicago Account Requires MFA Setup For [cnetid]@uchicago.edu.
From: [cnetid]@uchicago.edu Sent: 2023/07/12 - 09:07 (UTC +00:00) Subject: Action Required: Uchicago Account Requires...
Email Scam (July 20, 2023): UChicago Approved Employment Offer
From: cnetid@uchicago.edu Sent: Thu Jul 20 00:17:09 UTC 2023 Subject: UChicago Approved Employment Offer
Email Scam (July 20, 2023): CHICAGO PROCESS UPDATE
From: cnetid@uchicago.edu Sent: Thu Jul 20 00:17:09 UTC 2023 Subject: CHICAGO PROCESS UPDATE Our records indicate that your office 365 has two different logins with two universities' portals. Kindly indicate the two info logins as soon as possible. To avoid...
Email Scam (July 20, 2023): EMPLOYMENT @CHIGAGO
From: cnetid@uchicago.edu Sent: Thu Jul 20 00:31:09 UTC 2023 Subject: EMPLOYMENT @CHIGAGO Good Day Staff & Students. The University Of Chicago Employment Offer This message is from the Campus Job Placement & Student Services. In Accordance with the work and...
Email Scam (July 18, 2023): [DMA] FAILED PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.
From: jruiz1@highpoint.edu Sent: Tue Jul 18 16:31:58 UTC 2023 Subject: FAILED PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.
Email Scam (June 7, 2023): FREE DOWNSIZING AND GIVEAWAY ITEMS FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS
FROM: cnetid@uchicago.edu Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 11:30 AM Subject: FREE DOWNSIZING AND GIVEAWAY ITEMS FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS Hello, Mrs. Travis Petty is downsizing and looking to give away Her late husband's Sony Airpeak S1 Professional Drone, Piano (2014...
Email Scam (May 29, 2023): $45,850.00 APPROVED.
From: Montgomery, Kaitlyn <kmontgo1@highpoint.edu> Date: Monday, May 29, 2023 9:39 AM Subject: $45,850.00 APPROVED.
Email Scam (May 23, 2023): OVERDUE FEE !!
From: "Siyang Chen" Siyang.Chen@uvm.edu Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 02:36:20 +0000 Subject: OVERDUE FEE !! Dear Uchicago User, Your University of Chicago billing statement is still available. Please note the University does not issue paper bills. You have an overdue fee...
Email Scam (Mar 11, 2023): OVERDUE FEE NOTICE !!!
Dear uchicago.edu user, Our record shows that you have a pending overdue administration fee of $2.25 yet to be paid to the University. Several emails have been sent in regards to this payment. We would appreciate you completing the payment today to avoid your portal...
Email Scam (Feb 14, 2023): Invoice from PayPal
Date: February 14, 2023 From: service@paypal.com The attackers have been currently seen using the Paypal Invoice option to scam users via TOAD (Telephone Oriented Attack Delivery) method. The URL upon clicking directs the user to the legitimate Paypal site that states...