Impersonating a VIP – “urgent request”

Posted on November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)

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.

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.