Tag: Scam
This is a scam, regardless of how it is distributed (email, phone, social media)
“Sextortion” Emails Still Plaguing the Campus
It’s been almost a year since I first posted about “sextortion” emails that attempt to convince you that someone has hacked your computer and recorded you watching pornography. The campus continues to get all kinds of variations on this scam,…
Some users have received an email from a non-Berry email address that purports to be from President Briggs. The email describes an “ethical conduct program” that all employees must follow, details of which is contained in the attached document. The…
NCSAM Week 3 – Identifying Sensitive Data, Spotting Phishing Emails, Cleaning Your Digital House
Welcome to week 3 of National Cyber Security Awareness Month! We’re already more than halfway through October. Halloween approaches! I know most of you students will not read this until Wednesday at the earliest. Who wants to spend Fall Break…
A new Instagram phishing campaign is threatening users with account suspension because of a “copyright infringement”. A poorly worded email informs you that content in your account “will violate our copyright laws”. Users are asked to fill out a fake…
An email, which you may have been received from a fellow Berry student, purports to offer a “Job that will not affect you present employment or studies, fun and rewarding” which pays $300 weekly. This email is fraudulent and an…
Emails purporting to be from Tom Kennedy asking a single word question “Available?” are fraudulent. Some items to note in these emails. The sending address is “tkennedy.berry.edu@my.com” – clever, but definitely NOT from a Berry account. The signature is in…
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…