"Password Notification" Scam

Wed, 06 May 2020 12:03:21 -0400
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This morning DoIT has received several reports of a password change scam that has been going around campus:

From:  ti93943@wildblue.net
    Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:45 AM
    Subject: Password Notification
    To: < @umbc.edu>
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    Dear Member,

    Your UMBC webmail password will expire today.

    Visit the maintenance portal below to automatically renew your
    university password.

    https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    IT Helpdesk | University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

If you have received this or a similar email, please do not respond or click on the provided URL. Either one of those actions only shows the malicious actor that they have a valid, active email address. Please forward the message (with the email headers) 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