York Information Security has received reports of fraudulent emails purporting to be someone you know asking for iTunes gift cards. Do not respond to the email, text message, or phone call. If you believe that you fell victim to the scam, please contact Security Services at ext. 33333 or email scc@yorku.ca. For more information, please […]
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Beware of the Latest Phishing Email with Passport York Login
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Do not respond to the following phish or fraudulent email.
DEAR YORKU.CA USER, Strange activity has been detected in your webmail account, which is against our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). This account is suspected to have been hijacked, for a proof of ownership kindly click on the link below and fill the verification form within 48hours on receipt of this mail. http://******.st/mymailyorku We apologize for […]
New Scam/Phishing email. Beware!
Dear User, Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit which is 20GB as set by your administrator,you are currently running on 20.9GB, you may not be able to send or receive new mail until you re-validate your mailbox. To re-validate your mailbox click the link below. http://***l/e8ll6 Thanks You, YORKU.CA System Administrator. Warning!!! Any account […]
New "form" of Phishing Attack
This is posted to bring awareness to people that phishing attacks also happen via letter mail, other than telephone and emails. It has come to our attention from another institution that someone is attempting another form of phishing attack. A small number of people at multiple sites are getting physical mail, not email, indicating a […]
The following is a "phishing" message or scam. Do not respond!
Hello Be informed that a private message have been sent to you by your old friend who wish to get back in-touch with you. Please use the YURKU private contact viewer to login and view the message from your old friend, and possibly contact him/her after logging in. https://docs.****/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDRBZjd2ZEJhYmNvdWtqTzFkVHVEaWc6MQ You can also copy the above […]
Do not reply to the following phishing email
Dear Webmail Subscriber, This is to notify you that we are presently working on our webmail User Accounts Owner for safety, We are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of accounts so we are shutting down some accounts that are no more active and your account might be deleted or suspended within 24 hours […]
York Targeted Phishing Attack. Please DO NOT respond.
Do not respond to the following email. The URL may look like you are visiting a York email site but it's a phish-site.The "phishing" email looks like the following: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------Original Message------ From: York University Information Services Sender: marie.h@clear.net.nz To: -@1.l ReplyTo: no-reply@yorku.ca Subject: York IT Service Centre Sent: 26 Apr 2012 21:21 York University […]
York U Phishing Email Reported. Do NOT respond!
Do NOT respond to the following email. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Important notice for York Email Service users Attention: York Email Service users. This message from University Information Technology (UIT) Help Desk is for York Email Service users. We are currently conducting a maintenance exercise, which is meant to upgrading our database and e-mail account center. This exercise […]
Beware of another suspicious email purported to be from Royal Bank
sample email: ------------------------------------------ Dear Valued Customer, We noticed invalid login attempts into you account online from an unknown IP address. "216.215.243.150" Due to this, we have temporarily suspended your account. We need you to update your account information for your account to be re-activated please update your billing information today by clicking here www1.***/cgi-bin/rbaccess After […]
