Advisory: Unexpected Emails

An example of  spam emails that may be trolling for personal information!

Message Text

Subject: New resources for education

Hello!

Apple-Edu would like to share a special opportunity to you - a sweepstakes offering resources and equipment you can use! Please share anyone with who may wish to consider this - thanks!

    Learn More <<-link

Sincerely,

   

Web Form

Web form used to troll for  user email addresses

Things to Note

• Is this message plausible? Is there any reason that you would receive this message?
• If the message is delivered to your email - why does their form request your email address?
• If this message was sent from a specific organization/company - where is the URL hosted?
• Is the person sending it from the company represented?

Actions

• Use "mark as spam" - this will help filter such messages in the future
• Report suspicious email to University Information Security - phishing@umn.edu