Office of Information Technology
July 30, 2021
Tags Phishing Email (on campus)

Are. you available...

Phish Bowl Alerts

New variations on the "Are you available" phishing emails have been spotted. They may come from what looks like legitmate sending addresses, but checking the full header details reveals the true sender:

From: "Dolan, Emily " <Emily_Dolan@brown.edu>
X-Sender: derek@roundcornercantina.com
Reply-To: "Dolan, Emily " <hiredes111@gmail.com>
To: 
Subject: Are. you available...
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:14:07 -0700

From: Gang Xiao <gang_xiao@brown.edu>
X-Sender: derek@roundcornercantina.com
Reply-To: Gang Xiao <hiredes111@gmail.com>
To: 
Subject: Are. you available...
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:46:53 -0700

Also note the Reply-To address, clearly not a legitimate @brown.edu one.

From: "Dolan, Emily " <Emily_Dolan@brown.eduor "Gang Xiao" <gang_xiao@brown.edu>
Subject: Are. you available...
Date: July 29, 2021 at 5:14:07 PM EDT
Reply-To: "Dolan, Emily " <hiredes111@gmail.com> or  "Gang Xiao" <hiredes111@gmail.com>

Are you available? I need you to handle something for me. I'm currently in a meeting with limited access. Please send me your cell# where I can text you on right away.

Best regards,

Emily I Dolan
Chair of Music
Brown University
Orwig Music Building
1 Young Orchard Avenue
Providence, Rhode Island 02912

or

Gang Xiao
Department Chair
Professor of Physics & Engineering
Brown University
Barus & Holley 402 
Providence, Rhode Island 02912