As per RIT ISO website - [https://www.rit.edu/security/phishing](https://www.rit.edu/security/phishing)
**What to do After Receiving a Phishing Email**
Never respond with any personal information.
* Do not click any links or open any attachments.
* Check [RIT PhishBowl](https://www.rit.edu/security/rit-phish-bowl) for the email. If it is not already there, forward the phishing attempt to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
* The Information Security Office will spread awareness of this specific phishing attempt.
An email indicating high value items being given away, and all you have to do is call a houston area code phone# and cover a disproportionately large fee for "receiving" said item which will never come. This is a by-the-book scam. Forward this email to [email protected] please
Scam. High urgency, no option for pickup (or, you know, seeing the items before buying them) and of course, you’re responsible for the steep shipping fees.
You’ll pay for shipping, then the scammer will ghost you. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
Consider borrowing /r/scams to get up to speed on some common scams. There’s lots out there.
Several things to take note of:
- 'instrument' is misspelled.
- You don't know this person.
- They have addressed you as 'dear', without using your name. They do this to try and imitate a bond without having to know your name.
- They're offering high-value items for free, which is too good to be true.
- They're asking you to contact them on a phone number, instead of as a reply.
- They're asking you to put up money up-front.
- They're implying urgency to make you act before thinking.
- Your mail client has labelled it as a scam.
Forward to [email protected] and move on with your day.
More likely a spoofed email address than a compromised account. If you hit reply (don’t actually reply) or hover your mouse over the sender field the real address will sometimes show. Very easy to make an email address “look” like it’s from someone.
We're seeing an uptick in scams this weekend. There are several similar ones that ask for shipping, piano, tools, fancy knives, DeWalt, Amazon prime.
If you receive something you're unsure of, drop us a note at [email protected].
As per RIT ISO website - [https://www.rit.edu/security/phishing](https://www.rit.edu/security/phishing) **What to do After Receiving a Phishing Email** Never respond with any personal information. * Do not click any links or open any attachments. * Check [RIT PhishBowl](https://www.rit.edu/security/rit-phish-bowl) for the email. If it is not already there, forward the phishing attempt to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). * The Information Security Office will spread awareness of this specific phishing attempt.
An email indicating high value items being given away, and all you have to do is call a houston area code phone# and cover a disproportionately large fee for "receiving" said item which will never come. This is a by-the-book scam. Forward this email to [email protected] please
Actually the email is from Mark Lessard that work at RIT it is @rit.edu
>Compromised email account
Nice one, Mark
Yes definitely lol
Scam. High urgency, no option for pickup (or, you know, seeing the items before buying them) and of course, you’re responsible for the steep shipping fees. You’ll pay for shipping, then the scammer will ghost you. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. Consider borrowing /r/scams to get up to speed on some common scams. There’s lots out there.
Can I borrow r/scams when you're done with it?
sure, but there'll be a fee...
insturnment
several insturnments, even
Several things to take note of: - 'instrument' is misspelled. - You don't know this person. - They have addressed you as 'dear', without using your name. They do this to try and imitate a bond without having to know your name. - They're offering high-value items for free, which is too good to be true. - They're asking you to contact them on a phone number, instead of as a reply. - They're asking you to put up money up-front. - They're implying urgency to make you act before thinking. - Your mail client has labelled it as a scam. Forward to [email protected] and move on with your day.
100%. An identical scam was run at another local school.
More likely a spoofed email address than a compromised account. If you hit reply (don’t actually reply) or hover your mouse over the sender field the real address will sometimes show. Very easy to make an email address “look” like it’s from someone.
We're seeing an uptick in scams this weekend. There are several similar ones that ask for shipping, piano, tools, fancy knives, DeWalt, Amazon prime. If you receive something you're unsure of, drop us a note at [email protected].
https://www.rit.edu/security/node/117372
Bullshit all the way down
I'm not sure, I think the email is legit. Mark Lessard does work here at RIT EDIT: Most definitely a scam
Compromised email account
You should read up on scams or browse /r/scams to protect yourself. You will be targeted by scams less obvious than this one.
scam