{"id":10975,"date":"2019-07-17T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virginiawestern.staging.tempurl.host\/iet-services\/?p=10975"},"modified":"2019-07-17T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T19:32:00","slug":"recent-phishing-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/iet-services\/recent-phishing-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Phishing Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you received a message that looks like the one below, it was a phishing attempt. This was obviously a fake message just by looking at the email address it originated from and the language that was used. \u00a0We received 123 of these messages and blocked the address after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please remain skeptical when receiving emails from high level officials or colleagues that don&#8217;t quite make sense or match a typical conversation you might have with them. \u00a0We will definitely see more scams like this in the future, so be on the lookout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>FAKE EMAIL:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>&nbsp;Robert H. Sandel &lt;president79779@gmail.com&gt;<br><strong>Sent:<\/strong>&nbsp;Friday, July 12, 2019 3:10 PM<br><strong>To:<\/strong>&nbsp;HelpDesk &lt;<a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@virginiawestern.edu\">helpdesk@virginiawestern.edu<\/a>&gt;<br><strong>Subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good day,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m stuck in a seminar right now and I need your assistance which I will appreciate your help a lot. 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