Author: Dan Boyd

Director of Information Security with the Office of Information Technology at Berry College

Fake blackmail email suggests you watched pornography – UPDATED!

A relatively new email scam is to send emails suggesting that the recipient has watched pornographic material online. The scammers sometimes up the validity level by including a password, usually an old one, that the potential victim has used in…

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“Employee Performance Appraisial” Emails are Fraudulent

Many users have received emails with “shared files” and subjects that read “Employee Performance Appraisial”. These are fraudulent and the links in them point to potentially malicious documents posted on Google Docs. The content of the email is posted below:…

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Be careful with “urgent” requests from supervisors – UPDATED!

A large number of fraudulent emails have been received by staff and faculty members of campus departments and/or schools. The emails purport to be from a department head or director and have the subject of “URGENT” (all caps). They all…

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Urgent (job) opportunities are fraudulent

A large number of emails have been received by faculty, staff and students announcing an urgent (job) opportunity. The full text of the email is below, minus the web link that either is serving malware to visitors, or is simply…

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Urgent/emergency requests to purchase iTunes gift cards are fraudulent.

A number of attempts to convince faculty and staff to purchase iTunes gift cards have been circulating. These emails have some or all of the following attributes. They purport to be from deans, department heads, and even the college president….

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Notice to faculty and staff to complete training from Haven is legitimate

Emails sent from the college’s Title IX training service about completing “Part 2 of Haven for Faculty & Staff” is a legitimate email. Title IX training is required for faculty and staff and the first part of this training was…

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College Central Network Account Activation from the Berry College Career Center is legitimate

The Berry Career Center provides access to the College Central Network to students to facilitate the hunt for part time and full time jobs and internships. If you have received an invitation to activate your account, please hover over the…

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