Office of Information Technology
October 12, 2023
Tags Phishing Email (on campus)

More "Available?" Scams

Phish Bowl Alerts

Three more examples of the "Available? scam", targeting those associated with the name used by the impersonator. Recipient email addresses are often collected from webpages that list them along with the impersonator name. Mark it as phishing if you receive it.

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From: Prof. Karla Kaun <officespot@myself.com>
Date: Oct 10, 2023 at 10:36 AM -0400
To: josiah_carberry@brown.edu <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Subject: Available?

Let me know if you are free right now.

BR,
Prof. Karla Kaun
 

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From: Prof. Sharon Swartz <officespot@myself.com>
Date: Oct 10, 2023 at 10:55 AM -0400
To: josiah_carberry@brown.edu <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>
Subject: Available?

Let me know if you are free right now.

BR,
Prof. Sharon Swartz
 

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From: Prof. Ou Chen <officespot@myself.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: Available?
To: Carberry, Josiah <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>

I need you to handle a task for me. Are you familiar with Apple gift cards? I need you to buy some for me from any nearby store, there are some prospects I need to send them to, but I have been busy with meetings these days and I won't be able to get them myself. Let me know if you can get them on my behalf and email the codes to me. I'll reimburse you.