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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Phishing Example 131: amended payroll information

Received March 2016

From:
Date: Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 7:08 AM
Subject: amended payroll information
To:

attention:

This document was sent previously but there was an encryption error.

Please review and update.

Thank you

The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify your representative immediately and delete this message from your computer. Thank you.

NOTES

  •      This email comes from a NON-UMN.EDU source (paychex.com)
  •      The Attachment is called "DOCUMENTS.xls.HTM" <-an HTML file pretending to be a spreadsheet
  •       If you open it, it can run javascript code that runs a trojan
IF you received this, and if you opened it, contact your technical support to help determine if your computer has been compromised.

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