Scam/SPAM Email
Phishing Alert: Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Below is the latest Phishing attempt being sent to members of the community. Please know that IT will never ask for a password over the phone or over the internet. ________________________________________________________________ From: “David J Tapper” <– NOT AN SJU STAFF MEMBER OR SJU EMAIL ADDRESS To: Undisclosed recipients:; Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 10:33:37 AM…
Read MoreSPAM ALERT: Friday September 23rd, 2011
Another SPAM email has been sent to several users in the community. Although this does have @sju.edu as the sending email address, we cannot stress enough that will WILL NOT ask for your password for any reason. Below are bolded indicators to ensure this message is in fact spam. —– Forwarded Message —– From: “Saint…
Read MoreSPAM Email: August 1, 2011
From: CĂ©line DUCLOS Date: August 1, 2011 10:24:15 AM EDT To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Saint Joseph’s University (c) Due to the large amount of spam mails we receive daily from our message center administration. We have reset your mailbox server to serve you better and consistently by clicking the link below and fill out the necessary…
Read MoreSPAM EMAIL: Monday July 25th, 2011
Another SPAM email has been sent to several users in the community. Although this does have @sju.edu on the email addresses, we cannot stress enough that will WILL NOT ask for your password for any reason. Below are bolded indicators to ensure this message is in fact spam. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ From: “Saint Joseph’s University” To: you@sju.edu…
Read MoreSPAM Email: Sunday July 3rd, 2011
Another attempt to get usernames and passwords has been sent out. Please see below in bold the parts of this email that jump out telling you this is NOT an email from Information Technology. Please remember, the SJU Helpdesk WILL NOT ask for your password over the phone or via email EVER. _________________________________________________________________________________ From: “Mail…
Read MoreSPAM Email: Thursday June 30th, 2011
Another SPAM message has been sent to several members of the community. We have been working with Networking to block access to the link referenced in the email. If you have clicked on the link and provided your SJU username and password your account will be locked. Please contact the Helpdesk as soon as possible…
Read MoreSPAM Email: June 9, 2011
From: “Melanie Holland” To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2011 7:23:57 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Deactivation of Your Email Address THIS MESSAGE IS FROM OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM This message is sent automatically by the computer. If you are receiving this message it means that your email address has been queued for deactivation;…
Read MoreMicrosoft states that 1 in 14 downloads is malicious
A recent article from Yahoo states that 1 in 14 downloads is malicious. Being members of a university, we have a bit more freedom than our corporate counterparts in terms of downloading. It is very important to be careful as to WHAT you are downloading and installing on your computer, as it is still university…
Read MoreSPAM Email
Subject: E-mail Security Below is the text of an email that several members of the SJU community received. Please see notes in bold. We have temporarily limited all access to sensitive account features in your mailbox. In order to restore your full email access, you need to click on the below link to fill the…
Read MoreSPAM Email Alert: Wednesday May 18th, 2011
The below SPAM email was sent out to several members of the community. This is yet another attempt to have users provide their username and password. This is NOT a legitimate email sent from SJU Information Technology. See comments below in bold that point on reasons as to why this is not a legit email…
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