The Phish Tank

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Impersonation

THANK YOU FOR THE RENEWAL ID #26169 – MAY 11, 2023

Categories: Impersonation

Please be aware of another circulating scam of the week, titled: “Thank you for the Renewal ID #26169.” This email may appear from multiple senders (one being bega.minimal@mail.com) and may list several different services, such as Geek Squad, with varying phone numbers. Please DELETE without responding or clicking any links! Remember to ALWAYS avoid responding to unexpected […]

2019 YAMAHA BABY GRAND GB1K PIANO GIVE AWAY!!! – MAY 9, 2023

Categories: Impersonation

Beware of another piano give away scam going around this week titled: “2019 Yamaha Baby Grand GB1K Piano Give Away!!!” The sender of this email may appear as Nathan Ellingson (safariparkgardens@gmail.com). Please DELETE without responding! Emails from UND employees will always come from an @UND.EDU or @NDUS.EDU email address. ALWAYS avoid responding to unexpected emails, especially when […]

PIANO GIVEAWAY – MAY 4, 2023

Categories: Impersonation

Here is our second circulating scam of the week! This one may be titled either, “PIANO GIVEAWAY” or “OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIANO.” The sender of the email may appear as Dr. Andrew Armacost (john@mail-work2apps-xxllzmall-manaqement.com). Please DELETE without responding or clicking any links! Emails from UND’s president will always come from an @UND.EDU email address. Both […]

QUICK QUESTION – APRIL 18, 2023

Categories: Impersonation, Personal Information

Beware of a circulating scam that is trying to bait users into providing personal information, titled: “Quick Question.” The sender of this email may appear as: nowak.paul@irisreading.com. Please DELETE without responding, clicking any links, or providing any requested information. ALWAYS avoid responding to unexpected emails that ask for personal information, especially when they are claiming to be […]

(NO SUBJECT) – MARCH 27, 2023

Categories: Impersonation, Personal Information

Please be aware of a circulating scam with no subject line. This particular email has been sent from the same email with two different ID tags: either “Thyra Knapp Ph.D” or “Casey (Carolyn) Ozaki Ph.D.” Please DELETE this email without responding! ALWAYS avoid responding to unexpected emails that ask for personal information, especially when they […]

ACTION REQUIRED – MARCH 21, 2023

Categories: Impersonation

Beware of the circulating scam of the week, titled: “ACTION REQUIRED.” The sender of this email may appear as: renaprue8@gmail.com. Please DELETE without responding or clicking any links! Official emails from UND will almost always come from an @UND.EDU or @NDUS.EDU email address and NEVER from an @GMAIL.COM email address. Also, the link in this […]

MAILBOX EXCEEDED/SHUTDOWN – MARCH 3, 2023

Categories: Impersonation, Personal Information

Beware of a circulating scam with the following subject: “Customer Support Mailbox Exceeded Shutdown Your Mail Service.” The sender’s email may appear as: european.consltant@yahoo.co.uk. Please DELETE without responding, clicking any links, or providing any requested information. Yahoo would NOT be sending an email about shutting down a UND email and would also NEVER ask you […]

DUAL UNIVERSITY EMAIL ACCOUNTS – FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Categories: Impersonation

Please be aware of a circulating scam with the subject line “IT Notice – North Dakota University System.” The sender’s email address may appear as: bidhya.sangroula@ndus.edu. Please DELETE without responding or clicking any links. The link provided in the email IS NOT related to NDUS in any way and should be avoided at all costs.

MAILBOX STORAGE SCAM- MARCH 18, 2022

Categories: Impersonation

Beware of Circulating Scam of the week. An attacker is trying to harvest credentials posing to be coming from Outlook. Please, Do Not enter in your Password as this is not legitimate.