Dear Colleagues,

We have seen an increase in the number of spoofed emails, a form of phishing/spam email.

Email spoofing is the forgery of an email so that the message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere other than the actual source.

The goal here is to have the employee (You) assist the supervisor purchase some gift cards. The email is structured in a sense that indicates the supervisor is not available, there is a certain sense of urgency and validity, and it is sent from a mobile device.

There are also other clues within the email. Even though the name of the supervisor is correct, the email address is not and is not...

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Dear Colleagues,

Lately, we have seen an increase in the number of spoofed emails, a form of phishing/spam email. To avoid getting hacked, verify that email addresses are authentic before responding.

Email spoofing is the forgery of an email so that the message appears to have originated from someone or somewhere other than the actual source.

Below is a real spoofing email one of our UC ANR employees received. We have replaced the From and To names, which were real UC ANR employee names. However, this was not sent by the person whose name appeared in the From section. 

Sometimes it is obvious as the email of the sender, From...

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