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Author: Allison Payne (Gies)

Allison is the Manager of Tech Support and Training at the Gies College of Business. She has been with the college since May 2020 and has worked on campus since 2005. Allison is a member of the IT Council End User Svcs subcommittee, the campus Knowledgebase working group, and the Dell negotiating lead for the campus bulk purchasing initiative.

Job Offer

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Allison Payne (Gies)
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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.

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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.

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Urgent request

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)
Posted in Confirmed Phishing Attempts

A Gift from Illinois Academic Community

Posted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)
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(42) New vMsg for Brownjr

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)
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DHL On Demand Delivery

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)
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MAlL UPGRADE: 0380809846

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)
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Attention [Name]

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)
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Alerts:Keep Your illinois. ePortal Active.

Posted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 by Allison Payne (Gies)
Posted in Confirmed Phishing Attempts

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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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