Please find below a safe viewing area that covers the recent phishing attacks encountered by users’ at Plymouth University. It is anticipated that a rolling one years’ worth of emails are to be presented here.
The following emails have been reproduced in a pictorial form with the links highlighted for evidence.
For information on how to identify Phishing Emails, please refer to this SEC-GDL-005-Anatomy of a Phishing Email document.
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| Date | Subject Line | Main Theme | Safe Viewing Link |
| 26/01/2018 13:33 | Welcome AmazonPrimeMember | Free things | Amazon Prime |
| 10/01/2018 14:55 | Delivery Failure | Undelivered mail | Plymouth Message Delivery |
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| 11/12/2017 21:20 | Profile inquiry started | Payment verification | Profile inquiry started |
| 04/12/2017 12:06 | Email Undelivered Notifications | Low Space | Email Undelivered Notifications |
| 22/11/2017 05:09 | Office 365 Email Modification | Account Suspension | Email Modification |
| 20/11/2017 06:34 | DVLA Notice | E Ticket | DVLA Notice |
| 10/11/2017 11:16 | Office 365 Support | Support Ticket | Office 365 Support |
| 24/10/2017 08:19 | Plymouth University Police Department | Police situation | Plymouth University Police Department |
| 10/10/2017 13:50 | Status of invoice A2177221-65 | Invoice | Status of invoice |
| 06/09/2017 15:51 | You have receive a confidential document | Important document | Important document |
| 28/07/2017 12:30 | IT ALERT: Unidentified Sign-in Detected On Your Account | Password Change | IT Alert |
| 21/06/2017 16:31 | New Security Updates | Attempting to obtain University account details | New Security Updates |
| 21/06/2017 12:21 | Outlook Web App for Staff | Attempting to obtain University account details | Outlook Web App for Staff |
| 20/06/2017 14:39 | TV Licence | Attempting to obtain credit card information | TV Licence |
| 19/06/2017 05:50 | Email Update | Attempting to obtain University email account credentials | Email Update |
| 06/06/2017 03:59 | Tax Rebate | Monetary incentive | Tax Rebate |
| 29/05/2017 08:31 | New Outlook Web App | New Webmail Service | New Outlook Web App |
| 24/05/2017 09:43 | Faculty & Staff Notification | New Webmail Service | Faculty & Staff Notification |
| 18/05/2017 21:06 | Your Salary Increase Documents | Attempting to obtain University email account credentials | Your Salary Increase Documents |
| 11/05/2017 14:48 | ICT Service Desk | Attempting to obtain University email account credentials | ICT Service Desk |
| 11/05/2017 14:48 | Your Facebook account was blocked | Account suspension | Facebook account blocked |
| 10/04/2017 09:56 | Staff News! | Attempting to obtain University email account credentials | Staff News! |
| 10/04/2017 00:27 | New Payroll Information | Attempting to obtain University email account credentials | New Payroll Information |
| 01/04/2017 13:08 | Violation of Spam Policy | Attempting to obtain University email account credentials | Violation of Spam Policy |
| 28/03/2017 17:44 | Information Concerning You | Attempting to infect computer | Information Concerning You |
| 25/03/2017 06:31 | Netflix Membership | Incentive to provide details | Netflix Membership |
| 02/2017 | HR Pay Rise | Incentive to provide details | HR Pay Rise |
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| 20/12/2016 08:47 | TV Licensing Refund pending. (ID Ticket#:46454) | Refund Notification | TV Licensing Refund |
| 12/12/2016 09:55 | You still have an outstanding vehicle tax refund (Ticket Ref#:17702) | Refund Notification | Vehicle Tax Refund |
| 01/06/2016 09:30 | RE: IT Services Maintenance Notice, Wednesday, 1 June | Maintenance and IT System Alerts | IT Service Maintenance Notice |
| 01/06/2016 | ActionFraud release details of a targeted phishing campaign against students surrounding an educational grant from the Department of Education http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/phishing-attack-targeting-university-students-may16 | ||
| 24/03/2016 | BBC releases details of two current phishing scams supposedly coming from TalkTalk and Argos Watchdog Wednesday – two clever new scams | ||
| 23/03/2016 01:57 | Plymouth Account Verification Service | Virus notification | Account Verification |
| 17/02/2016 13:05 | Fw: Dear Cruise Passenger- Please help me find out why you TIPS! | Survey | Passenger Survey |
| 09/02/2016 07:54 | RE: IT Service Help Desk | Upgrade account | IT Service Help Desk |
| 19/01/2016 11:40 | Chaps Payment | Request for wire transfer | Chaps Payment |
| 14/01/2016 13:31 | Request | Request for wire transfer | Request |
| 12/01/2016 15:36 | Apple and iCloud Suspension | Account suspension | Apple and iCloud Suspension |
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| 28/12/2015 17:06 | Dont forget to claim your gift from Aldi | Free gift | Free Gift |
| 21/12/2015 17:06 | Your Gift From Argos | Free Gift | Free Gift |
| 17/12/2015 17:50 | Quota Limit | Mailbox quota | Quota Limit |
| 06/12/2015 17:50 | We’re investigating your unauthorised PayPal transaction… | Unauthorised transaction | Unauthorised transaction |
| 26/11/2015 07:08 | Employee & Staff Notice | Upgrade account | Employee & Staff Notice |
| 20/11/2015 10:07 | IT’S Service Desk | Upgrade account | IT’S Service Desk |
| 03/11/2015 08:23 | RE: help desk | Upgrade account | RE: help desk |