An eagle-eyed colleague sent us this phishing scam today. Looks pretty convincing until you hover your mouse over the alleged link to UD’s mail service and see a non-UD link! Other tell-tale signs: Since UD tells you not to share… Continue Reading
A lot of UD folks have email accounts at Yahoo!, Google, or Hotmail for things like shopping and personal correspondence. So this phish, seen in a Yahoo! email account, could be relevant. Notice how this one contradicts itself–it claims your… Continue Reading
This phishing scam was reported by a couple of readers. It’s not been tailored to UD; however, quickly scanning email and seeing a note from IT Service that your email account needs validating may catch a few people. Particularly if… 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
First off, UD will never send you email telling you to click on a form to increase your email quota. Second, UD will never ever send you email of any kind that appears to come from “ShastaCollege.edu.” Third, we’re not… Continue Reading