Tempting bait: Don’t bite on this phishing scam!

We had several reports of this phishing message showing up in UD inboxes this morning. One alert student sent us this screen shot off her cell phone: Others reported seeing message headers spoofing an email address at UD: “officemail@udel.edu” [sic]. If...

A school of phish

Have you ever received 14 job offers in 24 hours? Chances are, the answer is “no”. Click smaller image for a larger version. They are clearly scams without even opening the email. The first line of each email starts with “We have an opening” or...

Phishers hook Delaware accounts

A phishing attack with the subject line “Important Message About Your University of Delaware Account” has been seen in UD email boxes. The message looks similar to the following: From: University of Delaware <webaccount@udel.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 17,...

Missing children themed phishing attack

An email with the subject “Search for Missing Children” is a phishing attack that claims it is from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In the email there is a .zip attachment that contains three malicious files that will infect your...

New phishing scam hits UD

Email messages with the subject line “New Message,” purportedly from the University, are hitting campus email addresses today, Aug. 2. These email messages are phishing attempts and should be deleted. The message looks similar to the following:...