Multiple subject lines, various attachments (version 2)

This email below has been confirmed as malicious or fraudulent by the Information Security department. If you have received this phishing email, do not open any attachments or follow the link(s) in the message; simply delete the email.

The University has received many recent phishing messages with variations of the sender, the subject line, and the attachment name.  The senders are random names, followed by a dot and a random set of numbers, ending in “@uthscsa.edu”; some examples are “Mayra.9058@UTHSCSA.EDU”, “Johnnie.9278@uthscsa.edu”, and “Elinor.8385@uthscsa.edu”.  The attachments are all infected PDF files with 8-digit file names; some examples are “19332811.pdf”, “21287548.pdf”, and “22958966.pdf”.  The subject lines are the file names of the attachments, and there is no content in the body of the message.  An example is shown below.

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