Phishing Alerts

Be aware that scammers are continuing to send emails purporting to be VIPs like Deans and Dept. Heads. See other examples and info in this post: https://publish.illinois.edu/phishingalerts/?s=impersonat&submit=Search Here is an example from today, Nov 20, 2020.

ALERT: SURS Phone Scam

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)

Sharing the following from an IT Professional on campus. He has verified with SURS that they do NOT make personal phone calls. If someone purporting to be SURS calls you and asks about verifying your identity for insurance or asks questions about HIPAA, please hang up.

Urgent request

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)

A Gift from Illinois Academic Community

Posted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)

Provide me with your personal text number

Posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 by Chris Tidrick, Senior Director, IT Partners @ Gies

(42) New vMsg for Brownjr

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)

DHL On Demand Delivery

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)

Are you available?

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by Chris Tidrick, Senior Director, IT Partners @ Gies

This site includes alerts about confirmed phishing attempts reported by University of Illinois faculty and staff. If you’ve received one of these attempts, please delete the message. (What is phishing?)

New alerts will be posted as soon as possible, but this site may not include all phishing attempts. Always be suspicious of email you don’t expect from senders you don’t recognize.

If you believe you may have fallen victim to the attempt, please report it to Campus Security at security@illinois.edu, your IT support team, and your unit’s security liaison. If you need assistance checking the legitimacy of an email, please contact your IT support team. You can also forward any unsolicited email messages as attachments to report-spam@illinois.edu.

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Email impersonating Dean

Impersonating a VIP – “urgent request”