The Phish Tank
Current phishing scams to be aware of and avoid.
This page is updated regularly for your review and safety.
Current Phishing Scams

ACTION REQUIRED – MARCH 21, 2023
Beware of the circulating scam of the week, titled: “ACTION REQUIRED.” The sender of this email may appear as: renaprue8@gmail.com. Please DELETE without responding or clicking any links! Official emails from UND will almost always come from an @UND.EDU or @NDUS.EDU email address and NEVER from an @GMAIL.COM email address. Also, the link in this […]
3/21/2023
3:43PM

PET SITTING JOB OFFER – MARCH 7, 2023
Please be aware of the following email scams that are circulating offering a job, titled: “A POSITION FOR PET SITTING IS CLOSE TO THE COLLEGE.” This particular email has been send from two different senders: J Dixon (dixonj@stpetershigh.com) and Bumba Meu Baja (bumbameubaja@cct.uema.br). Please DELETE and DO NOT RESPOND to any emails offering a job […]
3/8/2023
2:24PM

MAILBOX EXCEEDED/SHUTDOWN – MARCH 3, 2023
Beware of a circulating scam with the following subject: “Customer Support Mailbox Exceeded Shutdown Your Mail Service.” The sender’s email may appear as: european.consltant@yahoo.co.uk. Please DELETE without responding, clicking any links, or providing any requested information. Yahoo would NOT be sending an email about shutting down a UND email and would also NEVER ask you […]
3/3/2023
2:48PM

DUAL UNIVERSITY EMAIL ACCOUNTS – FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Please be aware of a circulating scam with the subject line “IT Notice – North Dakota University System.” The sender’s email address may appear as: bidhya.sangroula@ndus.edu. Please DELETE without responding or clicking any links. The link provided in the email IS NOT related to NDUS in any way and should be avoided at all costs.
2/23/2023
10:03AM

REQUESTING HELP SCAM- JUNE 19, 2022
A simple scam that is circulating that’s trying to trick you into running errands and buying gift cards as a means to extort money from victims. DO NOT reply to this fake email. Please DELETE it.
6/20/2022
10:48AM

MAILBOX STORAGE SCAM-SUBJECT “EMERGENCY” – MARCH 29, 2022
Please beware of the Circulating mailbox scam with the subject line “EMERGENCY”. An attacker is trying to harvest credentials posing to be coming from Outlook. Please delete the email and do not reply or click on any attachments or links.
3/29/2022
9:40AM

MAILBOX STORAGE SCAM- MARCH 18, 2022
Beware of Circulating Scam of the week. An attacker is trying to harvest credentials posing to be coming from Outlook. Please, Do Not enter in your Password as this is not legitimate.
3/18/2022
3:45PM

IMPERSONATION SCAM- MARCH 17, 2022
Circulating Scam of the week. An adversary is trying to bait victims into providing their personal information. Please do not reply and DELETE the email.
3/17/2022
1:09PM

INTERNSHIP WORD DOCUMENT- MARCH 4, 2022
Please be aware of the following INTERNSHIP.docx scam being sent with the name of Maria Suarez Gonzalez. The sender’s email address may appear as: janeloverboughrrq33@gmail.com. Please DELETE without responding, downloading attachments, clicking any links, entering your credentials, or providing the requested information.
3/4/2022
12:45PM

MONEY SCAM- March 2, 2022
Circulating Scam of the week. An adversary is trying to steal money from victims. Please do not reply and DELETE the email.
3/2/2022
3:58PM