Phish Bowl

From: PART - TIME  RESEARCH ASSISTANTS <garrolinda0147@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 4:50 AM
Subject: Hiring Research Assistants

From: ON-CAMPUS JOBS <gabrieljelex7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 4:50 AM
Subject: Hiring Research Assistants
To:

From: Dr Steven <officialsupervisorm990@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 10:32 AM
Subject: Part - Time Position!
To:

From: "Elizabeth S. Chen" <jmatu0984@gmail.com>
Subject: I need a very quick response
Date: January 23, 2021 at 14:58:17 EST

From: There's new activity in Teams <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 5:57 AM

From: ResourceFinder <sam@resource-finders.net>
Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:03 PM
Subject: Your Benefits Have Changed

From: PC Solutions <erdanthomes4678@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 11:34 AM
Subject: Delivery Confirmed

From: New Faxmessage <newfax@internationaltowers.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 5:12 PM
Subject: Fax Mail

From: Brown <auth.go77339@mailteam.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:55 AM
Subject: Brown Mailbox Quota warning

From: Mary Catherine Weller <MCWeller@msn.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 7:47 PM
Subject: FAVOR????????
To:

LastPass sent out the following legitimate email to staff this morning. You can read more about LastPass in the CIS Knowledgebase article Introdu

From: Kelly Williams <info@williamskelly.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 4:01 PM
Subject: RE: Approval Notice

From: It Helpdesk (via Google Drive) <ithelpdesk802@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:22 PM
Subject: Adjunct Evaluation (2).docx

From: Tracy Steffes <headchair093@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 11:16 AM
Subject:

From: Michael Band <info@bandmichael.com>
Date: Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: Your Grant Application

The Rhode Island Education Operations Center has received reports of an alleged RI Dept. of Health (RIDOH) contact tracer soliciting the Social Security Number of a COVID-positive student.

From: Kelly Williams <info@williamskelly.com> or Michael Band <info@bandmichael.com>

In this variation on the research assistant job scam, notice that the sender's address looks real (though the address does not actually exist), but when responding, you would be directed to the Reply-To address

From: Kevin McLaughlin OR Andrew G Campbell OR Christina H Paxson <newpaid2@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:11 PM

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has begun texting test results to those enrolled in the routine COVID-19 testing program, which is in addition to the messages already sent from RIDOH through Verily and t

This job solicitation email includes three tell-tale signs of being a scam: it claims to be from a Brown professor but uses a random Gmail address; asks for personal details (why is a cell phone # needed?); and includ

We have added an example of this legitimate notification from University Human Resources (UHR) since receiving some questions about its authenticity.

This straight-to-the-point threat from "Cybercriminals" is more hollow that heinous, and is similar to a strain of "malware sextortion" that was prevalent in 2018.

Passing along this warning sent to the post-doc communty about a type of scam that has continued to find victims, including recently among the Brown postdoc community.

From: Thomas Serre <weicui.umass@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 9:03 PM
Subject: Urgent request

From: "IT Edu (via Google Drive)" <itedu540@gmail.com> or ITS Service Desk (via Google Drive) <itsservhelp1010@gmail

We have received questions about an email from UnitedHealthcare StudentResources, due to the suspicious shortened link provided (directing recipients to a page beginning with sales.cmail19.com).

From: jeff ross <jeff.ross0110@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:19 AM
Subject: CMR
To:

Hey, 

From: Larry Larson <hallgway50@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 4:05 PM
Subject: Work [ also a version with "Request" as Subject ]

From: PWNHealth Clinical Support <covid19@pwnhealth.com>
Date: October 30, 2020 at 1:00:53 PM EDT