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Phishing Email Impersonations

Several High Profile Administrators Impersonated

DoIT has been made aware of several new phishing emails from the weekend:

From: Dean Drake <ddrake.umbc.edu@gmail.com>
    Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2020, 2:45 PM
    Subject: Re: Quick One
    To: < @umbc.edu>
    
    --
    Hello,are you available?
    
    Dean Drake
    Associate VP Research
    Research Administration
    Information Technology & Engineering, Room 219

Messages have also been received from the following addresses:
These are all the same type of scam. If the recipient responds, they will receive another message asking to purchase gift cards, and to send the relevant gift card information back to the scammers. These messages often include publicly available directory information to appear more legitimate, though the From address in this case is actually from gmail.com.

If you receive one of these messages, do not respond or reply. Forward the message to security@umbc.edu, and delete the message.

For more information on spotting phishing messages and handling spam, please check out our FAQ: https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/HwMxAg
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Posted: April 6, 2020, 11:13 AM

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