Yet another phishing attempt
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From: Anthony Morven Gould [mailto:Anthony.Gould@rlt.ulaval.ca] <– NOT an sju email address
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:20 PM
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: System Administrator <– NOT the standard subject line

Your Mailbox Is Almost Full “LINK REMOVED” Update Your Mail Box And Increase Your Account.

Thanks System Administrator. <– Not the standard SJU Helpdesk signature

From: Walker, Robin [mailto:Robin.Walker@hcps.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:05 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Saint Joseph’s University C

All services, including Internet, Email, and Blackboard will upgrade
within 48hours.

LINK REMOVED

Thank you for your patience as we update our systems.
Technical Support Team
Saint Joseph’s University.

Another phishing attempt this morning.
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From: “Hatem, Mervat F.”
Date: March 10, 2012 5:19:42 PM EST
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Subject: Final Last Warning
Reply-To:
Final Last Warning
Your mailbox has exceeded one or more size limits set by the administrator. You can not send or receive new mail until size of your mail box is reduced. For more space, Please Clink Here below and fill in the details of your correct account.

Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience.
System Manager.

From: “Saint Joseph’s University”
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:56:44 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Saint Joseph’s University ©

All services, including Internet, Email, and Blackboard will upgrade within 48hours.

Please click: http://www.techsupprt.tk

Thank you for you patience as we update our systems.
Saint Joseph’s University
5600 CITY AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19131

They don’t even let up for valentine’s Day! Another phishing attempt on the campus user community has been sent, but NOT by SJU IT! See the bolded areas below highlighting the red flags. Remember, SJU Helpdesk will not ask for your password via email.
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From: Montoya, Annette F. [mailto:annettemontoya@cabq.gov] <– NOT an SJU employee or hdtsaff@sju.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:28 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients: <– NOT addressed to employee@sju.edu
Subject: {Spam?} You Have Exceeded Your Storage Limit <–NOT the standard subject line content

To ensure quick, responsive e-mail services, it is necessary to establish limits on the amount of e-mail each user may store on the system.
Our records show that you have almost exhausted your usage allowance provided with your webmail service.
Depending on your current storage space you may request for additional storage.
LINK REMOVED ;to request for additional storage.
Thanks
Montoya, Annette F <– NOT an SJU IT employee
For IT Support Center <– NOT the standard SJU Helpdesk signature

Below is another phishing attempt to gain the usernames and passwords from users. Please remember, SJU IT will not ask for a password via email.

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From: Mary Lou Taylor [mailto:m-taylor2@northwestern.edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:07 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Your Mailbox Is Almost Full

Your Mailbox Is Almost Full “CLICK HERE” Update Your MailBox And Increase Your Account. Thanks System Administrator.

Another phishing email was sent to the SJU community. In bold are red flags indicating that this email, like the others, didn’t come from SJU Helpdesk. remember, we will not as for your password via email!
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From: “Céline DUCLOS” <–NOT an SJU IT employee or hdstaff@sju.edu
To: undisclosed-recipients:; <–NOT addressed to employee
Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 10:25:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: {Spam?} Saint Joseph’s University (c) <—Already flagged as possible SPAM by our mail server
A DGTFX virus has been detected in your folders. Your Saint Joseph’s University email account has to be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2012 version to prevent damages to your Saint Joseph’s University log and your important files. Click on the link below to secure your email account and to avoid spread of the virus.
LINK REMOVED
Note that your password will be encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys for your password safety
Céline Duclos. <–NOT an SJU employee or standard signature for SJU HELPDESK
Saint Joseph’s University ©

Attention Email Account holder,

This message is from the Database Information Technology service messaging
center, to all our e-mail account holders. All Mail hub systems will
undergo regularly scheduled maintenance. Access to your mailbox via our
mail portal will be unavailable for some period of time during this
maintenance period.

We shall be carrying out service maintenance on our database and e- mail
account center for better online services. We are deleting all unused e-mail
accounts to create more space for new accounts.

In order to ensure you do not experience service
interruptions/possible deactivation Please you must reply to this email
immediately confirming your email account details below for
confirmation/identification

1. First Name & Last Name:
2. Full Login Email Address:
3. Username & Password:
4. Confirm your Current Password:

Failure to do this may automatically render your e-mail account
deactivated from our email database/mail server. to enable us
upgrade your email account, please do reply to this mail.

Thanks.
Upgrade Team

From: “Saint Joseph’s University”
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:53:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Announcement (Schedule Upgrade)‏

Attention Email Account holder,

This message is from the Database Information Technology service messaging
center, to all our e-mail account holders. All Mail hub systems will
undergo regularly scheduled maintenance. Access to your mailbox via our
mail portal will be unavailable for some period of time during this
maintenance period.

We shall be carrying out service maintenance on our database and e- mail
account center for better online services. We are deleting all unused e-mail
accounts to create more space for new accounts.

In order to ensure you do not experience service
interruptions/possible deactivation Please you must reply to this email
immediately confirming your email account details below for
confirmation/identification

1. First Name & Last Name:
2. Full Login Email Address:
3. Username & Password:
4. Confirm your Current Password:

Failure to do this may automatically render your e-mail account
deactivated from our email database/mail server. to enable us
upgrade your email account, please do reply to this mail.

Thanks.
Upgrade Team

Several users received this phishing attempt. Please see bolded areas for red flags indicating this is NOT a message sent by SJU IT. Remember, we will never ask you to provide a password via email.
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From: “Saint Joseph’s University” <– NOT and SJU email address, not hdstaff@sju.edu
To: undisclosed-recipients:; <– NOT addressed to employee@sju.edu
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:52:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Announcement (Schedule Upgrade)‏ <– NOT the standard SJU subject line
Attention Email Account holder,
This message is from the Database Information Technology service messaging
center, to all our e-mail account holders. All Mail hub systems will

undergo regularly scheduled maintenance. Access to your mailbox via our
mail portal will be unavailable for some period of time during this
maintenance period.
We shall be carrying out service maintenance on our database and e- mail

account center for better online services. We are deleting all unused e-mail
accounts to create more space for new accounts.
In order to ensure you do not experience service
interruptions/possible deactivation Please you must reply to this email

immediately confirming your email account details below for
confirmation/identification
1. First Name & Last Name:
2. Full Login Email Address:
3. Username & Password: <– SJU IT will NOT ask you to confirm your password via email
4. Confirm your Current Password: <– SJU IT will NOT ask you to confirm your password via email
Failure to do this may automatically render your e-mail account
deactivated from our email database/mail server. to enable us
upgrade your email account, please do reply to this mail.
Thanks.
Upgrade Team <– NOT the standard SJU Helpdesk signature