Phishing Emails Targeting W&L

Stay one step ahead of cyber-criminals targeting the community through phishing attempts, spear phishing, and smishing. Keep yourself routinely familiar with our archive of the latest fraudulent efforts to steal your identity. When in doubt, never click links, input your information, or download attachments from curious looking messages.

If you receive a phish email, please report it using the Phish Alert Button in your Outlook email app. If you don’t use Outlook, forward the email as an attachment to phish@wlu.edu.

Screenshot of phish email that says:  Dear students, faculty, and staff. This email is to inform you that your Washington & Lee Univefsity (W&L) email password will expire in 24 hours. To avoid losing access to your email, please update your password immediately.  Here's what you need to do:  Copy link to your web browser. Sign in with your credentials, click submit.
Phish that says:  Good day student/staff,<br />
we are currently offering a part-time remote work opportunity to students/staff. this role is designed to be flexible and can be performed from home, with compensation starting at approximately $500 per week. please contact Mrs. juliver frie at her official email address for more details: (juliver-frie@outlook.com) using your personal email address not edu.
phish that says: GOOD DAY. The Department of Computer Science, is currently hiring students for the position of a research assistant on a part time basis to get paid $450 weekly. Tasks given are easy and done remotely, this position is available to all students of WLU regardless of your department. If interested, submit your full name, functional cell phone number. department and year of study via email jiadicmmm1@gmail.com to receive the job description.
Sreenshot of phish that says it's from ITS Helpdesk - to All W&L Employees. Email body: We are pleased to announce that we have implemented significant security changes to the W&L email system. All W&L employees are required to ensure their integration with the new system requirements by updating accordingly. A link is contained in the word "Proceed"
screenshot of phish email from midvalleyelectric inviting recipient to open a PDF on Dropbox<br />
Hello, If you may be interested in working as a temporary research aide collecting data remotely and earning $300 weekly, indicate interest by providing the required information below and I will send you a follow-up email detailing your work schedule. This is an adaptable job that requires no prior experience irrespective of your major discipline. Full name: Cell# Alternate email

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