UD Public Safety reports that a lot of their employees received this phishing email on July 1. None of them were hooked by this scam.
This scam provides a good illustration of a “standard” phishing scam that is trying to shock you into clicking a link you shouldn’t and sharing your personal information with scammers:
Click this small image to see a larger version of this annotated phishing scam.
The scammer tries to shock you into clicking the link by warning you your account will be permanently terminated, and by using the phrase “Virus Scanning” to make you think it’s “Very Important” to click that link. But as we all know, no reputable organization will ever ask you to click a link in an email message to confirm your personal information.
We’ve marked some of the tell-tale phishy signs in this email. Look also for the non-standard capitalization, wording, and punctuation. We love the fake copyright notice at the end: “All rights reserved” by a UD unit that doesn’t exist!
See this message or one like it? Delete it.