This morning, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received a report of fraudulent emails sent to the University System of Maryland office.. The fraudster is forging the name of UMBC President Sheares Ashby, probably in an attempt to get the recipient to purchase gift cards on the fraudster’s behalf.  Below is an example of the email. For privacy, we removed the To field.

A slightly different version appeared in some UMBC inboxes, this one pretending to be from Vice Provost and Dean Rutedge.

THIS REQUEST IS NOT REAL! 

• This is a common scam to get the recipient to purchase gift cards or something else of value that can be sent through email.

• Whatever you spend, you will not get back.

If you have responded to the message and performed any errands such as purchasing gift cards, please do not send the codes to executivedir808@gmail.com.  

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.

If you need further assistance, please contact us at security@umbc.edu.

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Receive any suspicious emails?

Forward it to security@umbc.edu along with the email headers. For instructions, visit https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.

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Recently, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received a report of a phishing email that appeared to be crafted to attack users in the Computer Science department. The phishers are trying to capture, at least, your UMBC password.. The  Below is an example of the email. For privacy purposes, we removed the To field.

THIS WARNING IS NOT REAL! 

• DoIT will not ask you to “confirm your ownership” of your email account.  If we ask you to change your password, we will direct you to my.umbc.edu or to webauth.umbc.edu, not to a non-UMBC site.

• Saying that “This message is from a trusted sen der” should make you suspicious from the start.  If someone walked up to you in the street and, instead of introducing themselves by name, simply told you that they were trusted, would you be comfortable?

• Whoever wrote this seems to think that “sender” is two words.

PLEASE DO NOT CLICK THE LINK!

If you have already clicked the link and entered your password:

• If you entered your UMBC password on the form, please change your password immediately.

• If you entered your UMBC password and you used that same password for any other account(s) (e.g. Social Media, Online Banking, etc.), change the passwords on the account(s) immediately.

• If you entered banking, credit card, or other information, please contact your bank or other financial institution immediately and report what happened.

• If you entered personal information such as your address, phone number, etc., monitor your finances and be very careful about responding to suspicious phone calls, mail, text messages, etc.

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.

If you need further assistance, please contact us at security@umbc.edu.

__________________________________________________________

Receive any suspicious emails?

Forward it to security@umbc.edu along with the email headers. For instructions, visit https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.

Follow us on myUMBC:https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity.