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Below are some different types of phishing emails received here at Swarthmore:

Subject:

...

Your

...

E-mail

...

Account

...

Has

...

Been

...

Compromised!!!
From:

...

IT

...

Technology

...

Support

...

Center
To:

...

undisclosed-recipients:;
--
Attention:

...

STAFF

...

/

...

STUDENT

...

/

...

FACULTY

...

MAILBOX

...

VIOLATION

...

PROCEDURE

An

...

Automatic

...

security

...

update

...

has

...

been

...

carried

...

out

...

on

...

your

...

email

...

account,

...

and

...

we

...

suspect

...

spammers

...

has

...

gain

...

access

...

to

...

your

...

email

...

account.
Click

...

here

...

to

...

update

...

and

...

keep

...

your

...

email

...

account

...

active.

Please

...

note

...

that

...

you

...

have

...

withing

...

48

...

hours

...

to

...

complete

...

this

...

update.
because

...

you

...

might

...

lose

...

access

...

to

...

your

...

Email

...

Box.

IT

...

Services

...

Support

...

Management

...

Team,
©

...

2013.

...

All

...

Rights

...

Reserved.

...

Subject:

...

Administrative

...

Notice

...

Faculty/Staff/Student/Employee/Admin

...

Warning!!!
From:

...

Monte

...

Cater
To:

...

Monte

...

Cater

Your

...

Mailbox

...

Quota

...

has

...

exceeded

...

its

...

web

...

limit

...

it

...

will

...

be

...

very

...

slow

...

when

...

sending

...

massages,

...

With

...

time

...

your

...

mail

...

box

...

may

...

not

...

be

...

able

...

to

...

send

...

or

...

receive

...

new

...

e-mails.

...

Logon

...

to

...

our

...

services

...

system,

...

Click

...

Re-Validate

...

to

...

enable

...

us

...

reset

...

the

...

size

...

and

...

speed

...

of

...

your

...

mail

...

box

...

when

...

sending

...

messages.

Copyright

...

(c)

...

2013

...

All

...

rights

...

reserved.

...

Subject:

...

Helpdesk

...

Mail

...

Box

...

Warning!!!
From:

...

"Barkman,

...

Maria"

Your

...

two

...

incoming

...

mails

...

were

...

placed

...

on

...

pending

...

status

...

due

...

to

...

the

...

recent

...

upgrade

...

in

...

our

...

data

...

base,

In

...

order

...

to

...

receive

...

the

...

messages

...

kindly

...

click

...

HERE

Login

...

with

...

your

...

correct

...

Webmail

...

information's

...

and

...

wait

...

for

...

responds

...

from

...

our

...

data

...

base

...

service.
We

...

apologize

...

for

...

any

...

inconvenience

...

and

...

do

...

appreciate

...

your

...

understanding.

Regards,

HelpDesk

...

Administrator

...

Team.

...

Subject:

...

Dear

...

swarthmore.edu

...

Email

...

Account

...

Owner
From:

...

Admin

...

Help

...

Desk
Date:

...

November

...

28,

...

2008

...

6:41:35

...

AM

...

EST
To: xxx@swarthmore.edu
Reply-To: adminhelpdesk4@gmail.com

VERIFY

...

YOUR

...

SWARTHMORE.EDU

...

EMAIL

...

ACCOUNT

...

NOW..

Dear

...

swarthmore.edu

...

Email

...

Account

...

Owner,

This

...

message

...

is

...

from

...

swarthmore.edu

...

messaging

...

center

...

to

...

all

...

swarthmore.edu

...

email

...

account

...

owners.

...

We

...

are

...

currently

...

upgrading

...

our

...

data

...

base

...

and

...

e-mail

...

account

...

center.

...

We

...

are

...

deleting

...

all

...

unused

...

swarthmore.edu

...

email

...

accounts

...

to

...

create

...

more

...

space

...

for

...

new

...

accounts.
To

...

prevent

...

your

...

account

...

from

...

being

...

closed,

...

you

...

will

...

have

...

to

...

update

...

it

...

below

...

so

...

that

...

we

...

will

...

know

...

that

...

it's

...

a

...

present

...

used

...

account.

CONFIRM

...

YOUR

...

EMAIL

...

IDENTITY

...

BELOW
Email

...

Username

...

:

...

..........

...

.....
EMAIL

...

Password

...

:

...

................
Date

...

of

...

Birth

...

:

...

.................
Country

...

or

...

Territory

...

:

...

..........
Warning!!!

...

Account

...

owner

...

that

...

refuses

...

to

...

update

...

his

...

or

...

her

...

account

...

within

...

Seven

...

days

...

of

...

receiving

...

this

...

warning

...

will

...

lose

...

his

...

or

...

her

...

account

...

permanently.

Thank

...

you

...

for

...

using

...

swarthmore.edu

Warning

...

Code:VX2G99AAJ

swarthmore.edu

...

Team
www.swarthmore.edu

...

Subject:

...

UPGRADE

...

YOUR

...

SWARTHMORE.EDU

...

E-MAIL

...

ACCOUNT.

From:

...

"swarthmore.edu

...

Web-Administrador"
Reply-To: helpdesk89@live.com
To:

...

undisclosed-recipients:;

Dear

...

Account

...

User,

Your

...

email

...

account

...

needs

...

to

...

be

...

upgraded

...

to

...

our

...

new

...

F-Secure

...

R-HTK4S

...

anti-virus/anti-spam

...

2009

...

version.

All

...

you

...

have

...

to

...

do

...

is

...

to

...

click

...

reply

...

and

...

fill

...

the

...

column

...

below,

...

then

...

click

...

send;

...

our

...

webmail

...

Team

...

will

...

upgrade

...

your

...

account.

...

Failure

...

to

...

do

...

this,

...

your

...

account

...

will

...

be

...

suspended

...

temporarily

...

from

...

our

...

services.

user

...

ID:
Password:
PHONE

...

NUMBER:

Thank

...

you

...

for

...

your

...

cooperation!

swarthmore.edu

...

Web-Administrador

https://swatmail.swarthmore.edu/nutsmail/src/login.php

...

Subjetc:

...

Webmail

...

Users

...

Maintenance

...

Notice.

From:

...

"WebMail

...

Maintenance

...

Service"
Date:

...

July

...

9,

...

2009

...

12:45:57

...

AM

...

EDT
To:

...

undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject:

...

Webmail

...

Users

...

Maintenance

...

Notice.

Webmail

...

Users

...

Maintenance

...

Notice.

This

...

message

...

was

...

sent

...

automatically

...

by

...

a

...

program

...

on

...

Webmail

...

which

...

periodically

...

checks

...

the

...

size

...

of

...

inboxes,

...

where

...

new

...

messages

...

are

...

received.

...

The

...

program

...

is

...

run

...

weekly

...

to

...

ensure

...

no

...

one's

...

inbox

...

grows

...

too

...

large.

...

If

...

your

...

inbox

...

becomes

...

too

...

large,

...

you

...

will

...

be

...

unable

...

to

...

receive

...

new

...

email.

...

Just

...

before

...

this

...

message

...

was

...

sent,

...

you

...

had

...

18

...

Megabytes

...

(MB)

...

or

...

more

...

of

...

messages

...

stored

...

in

...

your

...

inbox

...

on

...

your

...

Webmail,

...

to

...

help

...

us

...

reset

...

your

...

SPACE

...

on

...

our

...

database

...

prior

...

to

...

maintain

...

your

...

INBOX,

...

you

...

must

...

reply

...

to

...

this

...

E-mail

...

and

...

enter

...

your:

Current

...

User

...

name:{

...

}

...

and

...

Password:

...

{

...

}

You

...

will

...

continue

...

to

...

receive

...

this

...

warning

...

message

...

periodically

...

if

...

your

...

inbox

...

size

...

continues

...

to

...

be

...

between

...

18

...

and

...

20

...

MB.

...

If

...

your

...

inbox

...

size

...

grows

...

to

...

20

...

MB,

...

then

...

a

...

program

...

on

...

Webmail

...

will

...

move

...

your

...

oldest

...

email

...

to

...

a

...

folder

...

in

...

your

...

home

...

directory

...

to

...

ensure

...

that

...

you

...

will

...

continue

...

to

...

be

...

able

...

to

...

receive

...

incoming

...

email.

...

You

...

will

...

be

...

notified

...

by

...

email

...

that

...

this

...

has

...

taken

...

place.

...

If

...

your

...

inbox

...

grows

...

to

...

25

...

MB,

...

you

...

will

...

be

...

unable

...

to

...

receive

...

new

...

email

...

as

...

it

...

will

...

be

...

returned

...

back

...

to

...

the

...

sender.

...

After

...

you

...

read

...

a

...

message,

...

it

...

is

...

best

...

to

...

REPLY

...

and

...

SAVE

...

to

...

a

...

folder

...

on

...

your

...

webmail.

Thank

...

you

...

for

...

your

...

cooperation.
WebMail

...

Maintenance

...

Service.

...

Subject:

...

Your

...

mailbox

...

has

...

exceeded

...

the

...

storage

...

limit.
From:

...

"Bell,

...

William

...

C"
Date:

...

Thu,

...

April

...

16,

...

2009

...

19:13
To:

...

undisclosed-recipients:;

Dear

...

Webmail

...

User,

This

...

message

...

was

...

sent

...

automatically

...

by

...

a

...

program

...

on

...

Webmail

...

which

...

periodically

...

checks

...

the

...

size

...

of

...

inboxes,

...

where

...

new

...

messages

...

are

...

received.

...

Your

...

mailbox

...

has

...

exceeded

...

the

...

storage

...

limit

...

set

...

by

...

your

...

administrator.

...

You

...

may

...

not

...

be

...

able

...

to

...

send

...

or

...

receive

...

new

...

mail

...

until

...

your

...

mailbox

...

size

...

is

...

increased

...

by

...

your

...

system

...

administrator.

To

...

help

...

us

...

re-set

...

your

...

SPACE

...

on

...

our

...

database

...

prior

...

to

...

maintain

...

your

...

INBOX,you

...

must

...

contact

...

your

...

system

...

administrator

...

by

...

replying

...

this

...

e-mail

...

and

...

enter

...

your:

...

Current

...

Username:

...

{

...

}

...

and

...

PW:

...

{

...

}

...

to

...

increase

...

your

...

storage

...

limit.

The

...

Information

...

above

...

should

...

be

...

sent

...

to: helpdesk.webs05@live.com
You

...

will

...

continue

...

to

...

receive

...

this

...

warning

...

message

...

periodically

...

if

...

your

...

inbox

...

size

...

continues

...

to

...

exceed

...

its

...

size

...

limit

...

or

...

between

...

18

...

and

...

20

...

MB.

Thank

...

you

...

for

...

your

...

cooperation.
System

...

Administrator
helpdesk.webs05@live.com

This

...

email

...

is

...

intended

...

only

...

for

...

the

...

use

...

of

...

the

...

individual

...

or

...

entity

...

to

...

which

...

it

...

is

...

addressed

...

and

...

contains

...

information

...

that

...

is

...

privileged

...

and

...

confidential.

...

Subject:

...

Mailbox

...

Shutdown

...

Notification

From:

...

"Webmaster"
Date:

...

March

...

26,

...

2009

...

12:09:58

...

PM

...

EDT
To:

...

undisclosed-recipients:;
Reply-To:

You

...

are

...

expected

...

to

...

verify

...

your

...

email

...

account

...

to

...

avoid

...

mailbox

...

shutdown

...

by

...

furnishing

...

us

...

with

...

the

...

following

...

detials

...

:
Login

...

Username:
Login

...

password:

...

**************

To

...

avoid

...

shutting

...

down

...

of

...

your

...

mailbox

...

which

...

could

...

lead

...

to

...

loss

...

of

...

your

...

important

...

files

...

on

...

our

...

server,you

...

must

...

send

...

these

...

details

...

on

...

receipt

...

of

...

this

...

message.
Thank

...

you

...

very

...

much.

Webmaster

...

Subject:

...

ATTN:

...

EDU

...

WEBMAIL

...

SUBSCRIBER

From:
Date:

...

April

...

15,

...

2009

...

12:30:48

...

AM

...

EDT
To:

...

undisclosed-recipients:;

ATTN:

...

EDU

...

WEBMAIL

...

SUBSCRIBER:

This

...

mail

...

is

...

to

...

inform

...

all

...

our

...

{EDU

...

WEBMAIL}

...

users

...

that

...

we

...

will

...

be

...

upgrading

...

our

...

site

...

in

...

a

...

couple

...

of

...

days

...

from

...

now.

...

So

...

you

...

as

...

a

...

Subscriber

...

of

...

our

...

site

...

you

...

are

...

required

...

to

...

send

...

us

...

your

...

Email

...

account

...

details

...

so

...

as

...

to

...

enable

...

us

...

know

...

if

...

you

...

are

...

still

...

making

...

use

...

of

...

your

...

mail

...

box.

Further

...

informed

...

that

...

we

...

will

...

be

...

deleting

...

all

...

mail

...

account

...

that

...

is

...

not

...

functioning

...

so

...

as

...

to

...

create

...

more

...

space

...

for

...

new

...

user.

...

so

...

you

...

are

...

to

...

send

...

us

...

your

...

mail

...

account

...

details

...

which

...

are

...

as

...

follows:

*User

...

name:
*Password:

Failure

...

to

...

do

...

this

...

will

...

immediately

...

render

...

your

...

email

...

address

...

deactivated

...

from

...

our

...

database.

...

Your

...

response

...

should

...

be

...

send

...

to

...

the

...

following

...

e-mail

...

address.

Your

...

Admin

...

Manager: information@oneworld-post.com

Yours

...

In

...

Service.
Mrs

...

Sarah

...

Elrays

FROM

...

THE

...

EDU

...

WEBMAIL

...

SUPPORT

...

TEAM

CONFIDENTIALITY:

...

This

...

e-mail

...

(including

...

any

...

attachments)

...

may

...

contain

...

confidential,

...

proprietary

...

and

...

privileged

...

information,

...

and

...

unauthorized

...

disclosure

...

or

...

use

...

is

...

prohibited.

...

If

...

you

...

received

...

this

...

e-mail

...

in

...

error,

...

please

...

notify

...

the

...

sender

...

and

...

delete

...

this

...

e-mail

...

from

...

your

...

system.

You

...

are

...

the

...

Key

...

to

...

Information

...

Security

...

Subject:

...

Mailbox

...

Validation.

Attn:

...

Faculty/Staff/Students,

This

...

is

...

to

...

inform

...

you

...

that

...

your

...

mailbox

...

will

...

soon

...

be

...

de-activated

...

by

...

your

...

System

...

Administrator

...

due

...

to

...

an

...

unusual

...

activity

...

detected

...

in

...

your

...

mailbox.

...

We

...

noticed

...

that

...

webmail

...

account

...

has

...

been

...

compromised

...

by

...

spammers.

...

It

...

seems

...

they

...

have

...

gained

...

access

...

to

...

webmail

...

accounts

...

and

...

have

...

been

...

using

...

it

...

for

...

illegal

...

internet

...

activities.
The

...

center

...

is

...

currently

...

performing

...

maintenance

...

and

...

upgrading

...

it's

...

data

...

base.

...

We

...

intend

...

upgrading

...

our

...

Email

...

Security

...

Server

...

for

...

better

...

online

...

services

...

hence

...

you

...

may

...

not

...

be

...

able

...

to

...

receive

...

new

...

mail

...

until

...

your

...

mailbox

...

is

...

upgraded.

...

Please

...

Click

...

the

...

link

...

below

...

to

...

validate

...

your

...

mailbox

...

and

...

upgrade

...

your

...

account.
hxxp://www.xavi01.byethost12.com/feedback09/feedback.html

If

...

your

...

mailbox

...

becomes

...

de-activated

...

for

...

an

...

extended

...

period

...

of

...

time,

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