Phishing Alert

From: Abigail Clayton <abigailclayton018@hotmail.com>

Subject: [External] A Dog Sitter is Needed

 Message:

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Hello, good day, I am Abigail, an alumni of the college, graduated in 2013. I have an aunt, Elan, who is moving to the college area after the lock-down for the Covid-19 pandemic is over, she will be needing a pet sitter who will be sitting her dogs, bathing and walking them. She is offering $400 weekly. If you are interested or know a student/staff who might be interested in this position, have them email her
( Elan ) via elanreynolds@outlook.com.


Thank you,
Abigail.

Additional Information:

UNC is the target of a new phishing scam. Users are sent, what appears to be, a message from a former student. This is a phishing attempt. 

If you, or someone in your department, receives this message, please right click on the message. Find the "junk" option. Then, Block Sender. This will flag the message with Microsoft 365 Advanced Threat Protection and help block the email addresses associated with the "first.last.unco@gmail.com" extensions that are being sent to UNC's campus. Finally, delete the message. 

If you are a victim of this scam, you should: