Phish Bowl Alerts
A common phishing scam is fake shared document email that includes a familiar name, often in authority (such as a division or department executive or even a service, such as "IT Service", which doesn't exist) that shares a document with a believable name. Here are some recent examples (with different senders and file names highlighted). Note the one using the typical phishing tactic of creating urgency (saying access expires in 3 hours). All are shared from non-Brown addresses.
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From: Sandy Welker <swelker@miamieast.k12.oh.us>
Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:46 PM
Subject: Grace Calhoun shared a document with you
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
M. Grace Calhoun shared an item with you.
M. Grace Calhoun Added you as a viewer.
Verify your email to securely view this document.
You will need to verify your email every 7 days.
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Use is subject to the Google Privacy Policy
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA You have received this email because we shared a document with you from Google Docs.
M. Grace Calhoun '92, Ph.D.
Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff ‘78 Vice President for Athletics and Recreation
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From: Ollie White (via Google Docs) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 8:40 AM
Subject: Document shared with you: "EMPLOYEE REVIEW"
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Cc: many addresses
Ollie White shared a document
Unknown profile photo
Ollie White (ollie.white@austinisd.org) has invited you to edit the following document:
FWD:M. Grace Calhoun '92, Ph.D. (ATHLETIC DIRECTOR) HAS SHARED A FILE WITH YOU USING GOOGLE DRIVE
EMPLOYEE REVIEW
(!) Ollie White is outside your organization.
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If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive
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From: Stuart Burrows (via Google Docs) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Subject: Document shared with you: "Eng-dept.docx"
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Stuart Burrows shared a document
Unknown profile photo
Stuart Burrows (sra.k@clswc.org) has invited you to edit the following document:
FWD; Stuart Burrows shared a document with you
Eng-dept.docx
(!) Stuart Burrows is outside your organization.
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If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive
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From: Afaf Alomda (via Google Docs) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Subject: Document shared with you: "NEW FACULTY EVALUATION.docx"
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Afaf Alomda shared a document
Unknown profile photo
Afaf Alomda (alomdaa@centergrove.k12.in.us) has invited you to view the following document:
FWD: Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH has invited you to view the following file that needs urgent attention.
NEW FACULTY EVALUATION.docx
(!) Afaf Alomda is outside your organization.
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If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive
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From: IT HelpDesk (via Google Drive) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Subject: Item shared with you: "Human Resources.pdf"
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Cc: < other @brown.edu addresses >
IT HelpDesk shared an item
Unknown profile photo
IT HelpDesk (ithelpdesk607@gmail.com) has shared the following item:
Could you take a minute to check this out?
via Ethan M. Pollock.
Human Resources.pdf
(!) IT HelpDesk is outside your organization.
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If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive
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From: IT Service (via Google Drive) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Subject: Item shared with you: "Faculty Positions.pdf"
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Cc: < other @brown.edu addresses >
IT Service shared an item
Unknown profile photo
IT Service (itservice892@gmail.com) has shared the following item:
Could you take a minute to check this out?
via Emily Dolan.
Faculty Positions.pdf
(!) IT Service is outside your organization.
( Open )
If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive
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From: IT Service (via Google Docs) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 3:16 PM
Subject: Document shared with you: "Human Resources.docx"
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Cc: [ other addresses ]
IT Service shared a document
Unknown profile photo
IT Service (itservice323@gmail.com) has invited you to view the following document:
Jayna Brown shared a file with you.
Human Resources.docx
(!) IT Service is outside your organization.
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If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive
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From: Karen Brown (via Google Docs) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 12:17 PM
Subject: Document shared with you: "ATHLETICS DIRECTORY REPORTS.docx"
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Cc: < many addresses >
Karen Brown shared a document
Unknown profile photo
Karen Brown (karen.brown@austinisd.org) has invited you to edit the following document:
M. Grace Calhoun '92, Ph.D.
Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff ‘78 Vice President for Athletics and Recreation has shared a file with you using Google Docs
NOTE: YOU ONLY HAVE 3 HOURS TO ACCESS THE FILE BEFORE IT EXPIRES
[ ATHLETICS DIRECTORY REPORTS.docx ]
(!) Karen Brown is outside your organization.
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If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive