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Fake voicemail November 24, 2023
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Fake Voicemail Notice

Phish Bowl Alerts

Beware of phony voicemail messages. Here is an example of a real notification from Brown's voicemail system (via Cisco), followed by a recent example of a fake voicemail notice. Do not listen or download the contents if provided, and instead mark the email as phishing.

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F​rom: Cisco Unity Connection Messaging System <unityconnection@brown.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 11:01 AM
Subject: Message from 15554931501 (+15554931501)
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>

[ VoiceMessage.wav (94K)          x ]

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From: areeba@connect.hku.hk <areeba@connect.hku.hk>
Date: Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: Student Fees pre-payment inquiry 39743 urgent
To: me@email.com <me@email.com>

FYI
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From: areeba@connect.hku.hk

Microsoft
Hello
Your Office Email Has a New Voice note From Ms. Areeba Afrah
New Voice Message Details:

Received from: Ms. Areeba Afrah 
Date/Time: 11/24/2023 2:43:51 p.m.
Duration: 03:21 secs.
VM Transcript: Fees pre-payment inquiry
Select to Play to listen: |> PLAY |PAUSE |STOP HERE.
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Voice message notification (Click play to listen using your email)

Ms. Areeba Afrah
UID: 3036180480
BSocSc  Year1