Uncategorized
Request?
July 26, 2022
This email looks like it came from a member of our organization, but a scammer is using the name in an attempt to trick people into replying back. It seems harmless enough, but just replying back can tell the scammer they have the email address of someone who can be scammed. If I were to […]
Total Due
July 26, 2022
This email is not legitimate. There are 4 red flags. If you receive an email similar to this, delete it. The From field shows Xerox but the email address after it is not a xerox.com account. The email is coming from a domain that gives away accounts like gmail.com or yahoo.com, not a company’s domain […]
Document shared with you: “ADMIN EVALUATION FILE”
July 26, 2022
This is an example of Spear Phishing. The scammers know Dr. Henrich is the president of the university and having his name in the message might persuade people to click the Open button without really thinking it through. The email address it came from has nothing to do with our university and was probably a […]
Office365Alerts: Mail delivery failure
July 14, 2022
This email is designed to trick a person into clicking the View Messages link. It initially looks like it came from Microsoft but the email above the banner, “*EXTERNAL EMAIL*” shows the actual email address is from a domain named shapeways.com. Hovering over the “View messages” button shows it will not take the clicker to […]
Employee Appraisal
July 14, 2022
This email is fraudulent. Hovering over the link shows the site is coleigiolittlecollege.cl. This is either going to be a phish or will download a virus to the computer. If you receive an email similar to this, delete it. Employee performance review email notifications for UT Health SA will come from UT Health Human Resources. […]
Part-time Job Opening (WHO)
July 12, 2022
The attachment might have a virus, which will be downloaded onto the computer or device, if opened. IT is working to remove this email from everyone’s mailbox. However, there are different versions of this same scam. If you receive an email similar to this, delete it. This particular email came from someone at our university […]
State Retirement or Benefits Email
July 8, 2022
This email is coming from a domain named yourretiring.com. Yourretiring.com is gathering email addresses of public entities’ employees and utilizing phishing techniques to acquire personal information and trick people into utilizing their retirement services. Technically this is spam but it is done in such a deceitful manner that it delegitimizes their service. Due to their […]
2022 Summer Benefit Program
July 8, 2022
The email below has been identified as a Phishing Attempt. Clicking on the link will take the user to a site where they will be asked to fill in personal information in order to “qualify” for the cash assistance. If you receive an email similar to this, delete it. There is no 2022 Summer Benefit […]
order confirmation info
July 8, 2022
This email is designed to make a person think someone has purchased an expensive item with the recipient’s funds. If you call the number to report a fraudulent purchase, the person on the phone will attempt to gather personal information, including banking/PayPal account information to “refund” the funds. They will then use that information to […]
MOU: Info
June 30, 2022
This email is an example of Spear Phishing. Spear Phishing is the term to describe a targeted attack which appears to come from someone like the CEO or, in this case, the President of UT Health SA. The target is also a person high up in the organization with considerable rights to sensitive areas of […]