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Messages similar to the suspicious emails listed below may be related to phishing scams, schemes to commit identity theft, or other attempts to compromise users’ machines or personal information.
From: Microsoft OneDrive appleid [at] id.apple.com>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 11:18 PM
To: User, Typical S (blc8fu) [at] virginia.edu>
Subject: Cryogenic System LTD has shared a document with you.
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Microsoft OneDrive Hello mst3k, Cryogenic System LTD has shared a document with you via Microsoft OneDrive |
Subject: Due Invoice
Date: 20 Apr 2021 11:26:38 -0400
From: OneDrive
To: kaw [at] syntheticsaves.com
You just recieved OneDrive document containing 3 pages for your review.
Click Here To view Document
Link expire after April 20, 2021 of shared document.
This is a mandatory service communication. To set your contact
preferences for other communications,click here.
This message was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address. Please do not
reply to this message.
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From: virginia.edu
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2021 1:36 AM
To: User, Typical Standard, (mkr5a)
Subject: WARNING - Immediate Action mst3k [at] virginia.edu
Dear rammk
To continue using your address [email protected]
Continue → virginia.edu
virginia.edu 2021
From: virginia.edu Service
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:03 AM
To: User, Typical Standard (mst3k)
Subject: Email Delivery Report : Pending Incoming Messages
virginia.edu
Your allowed Email Quota usage has been exceeded on your mst3k [at] virginia.edu
Please Kindly verify your Email account by following the link below to get 250GB Storage quota
Get 250GB Storage
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Two more zero-day flaws have been found in the Chrome web browser used on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers. The flaws (CVE-2021-21206 and CVE-2021-21220) are a high and medium severity flaw (respectively) on the CVSS vulnerability-rating scale. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser. Depending on the privileges associated with the application, an attacker could view, change, or delete data. These vulnerabilities can be exploited if a user visits, or is redirected to, a specially crafted web page. Details of the vulnerabilities are as follows:
From: Helpdesk
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 11:42 AM
To: UVA User (mst3k) [email protected]>
Subject: Notification: Quarantined Messages For [email protected]
Hello kas5ac,
Server records indicates that you have messages quarantined in the server and will be permanantly removed if you do not review your mailbox. If your mailbox is not reviewed within 72hours, this below messages will be parmently removed from the server.
From: Nelflix
Reply-To: Nelflix
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 12:06 PM
To: Typical User
Subject: We are unable to renew your membership
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Update your payment info
Dear,
We hope you’re enjoying your Netflix membership. Your membership ends on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. To continue watching TV shows & movies without interruption, simply add your payment info to your account.
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From: Help Desk
Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 10:09 PM
To: mst3k [at] virginia.edu
Subject: Claim your refund now.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Dear Applicant,
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity, we have determined that you are eligible to receive an extra tax refund of 944.79 USD
Please submit the tax refund request and click here by having your tax refund sent to your account in due time.
Claim your refund now
Refundable Amount: 944.79 USD
Payment Method: By Credit Card
After completing the form, Please submit the form by clicking the SUBMIT button on form and allow 5-9 business days in order to process it.
This email was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming email.
From: Help Desk [email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 5:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Password for [email protected] is expire please update to avoid closure of account.
From: mst3k Mail Gateway
Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Today Expiration Date
The delivery of 6 new incoming emails to your Inbox has been rejected.
Use the secure portal below to recover the emails before they are permanently deleted from the server:
hxxps://portal.virginia.edu/user-rejected-messages
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Original Message Details
Created Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:39:00 GMT
Recipient Address: [email protected]
Please report any level of incident, no matter how small. The Information
Security office will evaluate the report and provide a full investigation if appropriate.