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Phishing Scam Notice 3/17/16

Thursday, March 17, 2016

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State faculty and staff. These emails are sent to HR or finance departments in an attempt to gather  employee’s personal information. They may contain specific subject lines such as "Hello Matt" or "Request For All Employees' W2s, Friday 4th March, 2016."

Please be aware that these emails are a scam; do not download any attachments, click on any links, or respond with any personal information to the email.

If you have any questions about this scam, or if you have already clicked any links or given out personal information, please contact the CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827.

Phishing Scam Notice 3/9/16

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students, faculty, and staff. This email, which appears to come from ‘Mohammed Idris’ with a subject line similar to ‘DOC-Z21193008’, contains an attached Word document which should not be downloaded or opened.

Please be aware that this is a scam. Do not open the document attached in the email or give out any personal information.

If you have any questions about this scam, or if you have already clicked the link and gave out personal information, please contact the
CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827, or toll free at 1-888-775-4827.

Phishing Scam Notice

Friday, March 4, 2016

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students. The email contains a message like the one shown below:

---BEGIN SCAM EXAMPLE---
Good day Dear Student ,
I found your information from your school  directory wright edu . I would like inform you about part time personal assistant job is available .Weekly payment of $350.38 cent . Reply back with our personal email address and valid phone number for more details . Thank you .
Mr  Jon .
---END SCAM EXAMPLE---

Please be aware that this is a scam. Should you receive this message do not reply to it and delete immediately. For questions about this or other phishing scams, please contact the CaTS Help Desk at (937) 775-4827, or send an email to helpdesk@wright.edu.

Phishing Scam Notice for 2/8/16

Monday, February 8, 2016

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students, faculty, and staff. This email, which may have a subject line similar to “Order 155369 (Price Enquiry)” contains an attached Word document which should not be downloaded or opened.

Please be aware that this is a scam. Do not open the document attached in the email or give out any personal information.

If you have any questions about this scam, or if you have already clicked the link and gave out personal information, please contact the CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827, or toll free at 1-888-775-4827.

Learn About Phishing Scams

Thursday, December 3, 2015

CaTS has noticed an increase in the number of phishing attempts targeting Wright State faculty, staff and students.

What are phishing scams?

  • Phishing scams are emails designed to trick you into sending an unknown third party your account information or other personal or financial information.
  • These emails may look like they’re coming from Wright State, CaTS, your bank or credit card issuer, or any other institution you do business with.

How can you avoid phishing scams?

  • Remember that CaTS, WSU, and other reputable businesses WILL NEVER ask you for any personal information, such as your username and password, via email.
  • Never respond to a suspicious email or click links in those emails.
  • Don’t give out your personal information to anyone via email.
  • Don’t download attachments from an email unless you trust the sender.

If you receive an email and are unsure if the message is a scam, feel free to contact the CaTS Help Desk at (937) 775-4827. We can help you determine whether the email you received is real or not.
 

Phishing Scam Notice 12/1/15

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students, faculty, and staff. The email contains a message like the one shown below, along with an attachment. DO NOT download the attachment!


UKMail Info!

Your parcel has not been delivered to your address November 23, 2015, because nobody was at home. Please view the information about your parcel, print it and go to the post office to receive your package.

Warranties

UKMail expressly disclaims all conditions, guarantees and warranties, express or implied, in respect of the Service. Where the law prevents such exclusion and implies conditions and warranties into this contract, where legally permissible the liability of UKMail for breach of such condition, guarantee or warranty is limited at the option of UKMail to either supplying the Service again or paying the cost of having the service supplied again.
If you don't receive a package within 30 working days UKMail will charge you for it's keeping. You can find any information about the procedure and conditions of parcel keeping in the nearest post office.

Best regards,
UKMail


Please be aware that this is a scam. Again, do not download the attachment!

If you have any questions about these scams, or if you have already clicked on the link and entered your account information, please contact the CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827, or by email at helpdesk@wright.edu.

Phishing Scam Notice for 11/24/15

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students, faculty, and staff. The email contains a message like this:
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Urgent technical notification to all faculty/staff, an account submission routine is in schedule this is as a result of unidentified activity in our database.

kindly follow below url to reconfirm login:

Faculty/Staff Only<URL here>
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Please be aware that this is a scam. Do not click on any links or give out any personal information.

If you have any questions about these scams, or if you have already clicked on the link and entered your account information, please contact the CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827, or by email at helpdesk@wright.edu.

Phishing Scam Notice 11/10/15

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students, faculty, and staff. The email contains a message like this:

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"Attached, please find a notification letter regarding a change to your
banking information.  Please confirm the accuracy of the information and
notify Chase Paymentech immediately if this information is not correct.
  If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please refer
to the contact information contained within the letter.

** This message has been sent by a notification only system.  Please do
not reply to this e-mail message as this is an unmonitored mailbox. ***"

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Please be aware that this is a scam. Do not open any attachments or give out any personal information.

If you have any questions about these scams, or if you have already opened the attachment and entered your account information, please contact the CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827, or by email at helpdesk@wright.edu.

Phishing Scam Notice 10/26/15

Monday, October 26, 2015

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students, faculty, and staff. The email
contains a message like this:

"We have safeguarded your account, there is a possibility that someone other than you is attempting to login your account. As part
of our ongoing commitment to provide the best protection to all our customer's security.

  We therefore ask you to fill in your online data correctly, in other for us to update the settings in your account, by click or
copy past this link on your browser: [no URL]."


Please be aware that this is a scam. Do not click on the link provided in the email or give out any personal information.

If you have any questions about these scams, or if you have already clicked the link and entered your account information, please
contact the CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827, or toll free at 1-888-775-4827.

Phishing Scam Notice for 6/1/15

Monday, June 1, 2015

The Help Desk was recently notified of an email phishing scam that targets Wright State students, faculty, and staff. This scam, which may have a subject line titled " School Mail-Box Validation,” asks you to click on a link to validate your Wright State email account and indicates that a failure to do so will result in the deletion of your account.

Please be aware that this is a scam. Do not click on the link provided in the email or give out any personal information.

If you have any questions about these scams, or if you have already clicked the link and entered your account information, please contact the CaTS Help Desk immediately. You can reach us at (937) 775-4827, or toll free at 1-888-775-4827.

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