Fake Message from Department Chair
A Lot Of The Fakes Are Obvious, Or Should Be
Impersonation Phishing Alert: Department head impersonator
Recently, DOIT has received notifications of several phishing emails. These messages impersonated the chairs of multiple departments. Below is an example of the email. For privacy purposes, we removed the To section.
From: Department Chair <dept.chair23@gmail.com> Date: August 12, 2021 at 6:02:30 PM EDT To: Available, cellphone number? Best regard Department Chair Department Name University of Maryland, Baltimore county. |
After the investigation, we realized that <dept.chair23@gmail.com> was the email responsible for sending these emails.
If you have received any message similar to the one listed above, please forward it with its headers tosecurity@umbc.edu. For instructions, visit: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.
DO NOT RESPOND to this email. However, if you have done so already, please contact us immediately atsecurity@umbc.edu.
Posted: August 17, 2021, 5:36 PM