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2022-06-01 16:29:51
Phishing

Screenshot

screenshot of the phishing email described below

Message Contents

From: Sherry Span <dannylucy52@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2022 9:12 AM
To: Yada Treesukosol <Yada.treesukosol@csulb.edu>
Subject: Urgent assistance

Message Intent

The email's intent of asking for availability claiming assistance is needed urgently is a common gift card scam. This is an unknown sender pretending to be part of the University and the message should not be trusted. This is a common gift card tactic to scam recipient's into losing their own money.

Tags: gift card scam

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