Phishing Net

Phishing Scams and Schemes Unveiled

The following scam attempts to trick its victims into clicking on a malicious link, which will subsequently attempts to trick its victims into providing their passwords. Notice the non-VCU sender’s address, generic language, masked non-VCU link; all of which are signs of a scam. Please delete this email if you received it.

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From: Lively, Susan [mailto:lively.43@cotc.edu]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 4:45 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] VCU Account Update

 

Update your Email account information need to be updated in our database to avoid deactivation.Click here (redacted) to update .