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Deactivated Accounts Email from the ‘IT Support Center’ — Phishing Website (8/21/19)

by jacastellani

The phisher is attempting to have VCU users click the malicious link in order to steal the user’s passwords. We know this is  a scam due to a couple of reasons:

  • The email address is ‘@uwm.edu’ and not a VCU email address (@vcu.edu).
  • The grammar is bad (E.g. …advised to verify this request otherwise give us reason to deactivate your account….)
  • The text uses multiple colors (green, red, black(.
  • This person claims to be an ‘Instructor’ and ‘IT Support Center’

You can see a screenshot of the email below.

 

This is a phishing email picture.