Phishing Alerts

9/26/15 Email Validation

UA Information Security received a phishing report, asking recipients to click on a link in order to validate their email quotas.

If you receive this email, please delete it from your inbox.  If you clicked on the link or replied to the email, please contact your local IT Support or the 24/7 IT Support Center (626-8324) as soon as possible.

 

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9/22/15 Donation

UA Information Security received a phishing report, asking recipients to open an attachment.

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9/23/15 Password will expire in 3 days

UA Information Security received a phishing report, asking recipients to click on a link if they have been notified that their email has been upgraded.  The subject line has nothing to do with the body of the email.

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9/24/15 CONFIRM YOUR DELIVERY.

UA Information Security is once again seeing phishing emails with attachments that appear to be Word documents.  The latest involves a notification that the recipient has won a million-dollar lottery, and most open the attachment.

If you receive this email, please delete it from your inbox.  If you opened the attachment or replied to the email, please contact your local IT Support or the 24/7 IT Support Center (626-8324) as soon as possible.

 

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9/22/15 IT Administrator

UA Information Security received a phishing report, asking recipients to click on a link in order to upgrade their email accounts.

If you receive this email, please delete it from your inbox.  If you clicked on the link or responded to the email, please contact your local IT Support or the 24/7 IT Support Center (626-8324) as soon as possible.

 

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9/22/15 Maintenance/Email Upgrading

UA Information Security received a phishing report, asking recipients to click on a link because of an email upgrade.  The headers for the email indicated that it originated in Cambodia and was routed through Australia.

If you receive this email, please delete it from your inbox.  If you clicked on the link or replied to the email, please contact your local IT Support or the 24/7 IT Support Center (626-8324) as soon as possible.

 

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Sept. 21, 2015

9/21/15 Recruiting Information for Students |

UA Information Security received a phishing report, asking recipients to email their names, alternative email addresses and cell phones numbers so that they can be considered as "candidates" for a recruiting program.

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9/21/15 PURCHASE ORDER

UA Information Security received a phishing report that contains an attachment, purportedly containing a purchase order.

If you receive this email, please delete it from your inbox.  If you opened the attachment or replied to the message, please contact your local IT Support or the 24/7 IT Support Center (626-8324) as soon as possible.

 

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9/18/15 last warning

UA Information Security received report of a phishing email that comes back around every few weeks.  The recipient is asked to click on a link to validate his/her mailbox.

If you receive this email, please delete it from your inbox.  If you clicked on the link or responded to the email, please contact your local IT Support or the 24/7 IT Support Center (626-8324) as soon as possible.

 

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9/17/15 PURCHASE ORDER

UA Information Security received a phishing report, asking recipients to open an attachment that is supposed to be a purchase order.  The email address looked to be from Vietnam (.vn at end of email address).

If you receive this email, please delete it from your inbox.  If you opened the attachment or replied to the email, please contact your local IT Support or the 24/7 IT Support Center (626-8324) as soon as possible.

 

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