Like the DHL scam mentioned yesterday, this is technically not phishing, but email with malware attached; the purpose of the malware is to steal your personal information. Remember, the safest thing to do to check on a package delivery is… Continue Reading
Technically, this one’s not a “phishing scam,” but spam with malware–but it has the same effect. Help Net Security reports that spam has resurfaced looking like legitimate email about an international package. From Help Net Security’s description: They spoofed the… Continue Reading
Sophos.com reports that there’s a new facebook phishing scam in the wild. We’ve not seen it here at UD–yet. See Graham Cluley’s article, Beware Facebook lottery email scam, published yesterday. Bottom line, if you get email from “Facebook” that you’ve… Continue Reading
Every so often, you hear a local news story about someone having fallen for this kind of scam. Usually someone new to email is convinced that, because the story is so sad, because the alleged sender says she prayed over… Continue Reading
Remember, the University WILL NEVER request information about your email account. Any messages you receive that say otherwise are phishing for personal information. ALWAYS delete these messages. One such message was received by UD personnel on Oct. 19, 2011. From:… Continue Reading