Phishing Alert

From: XXX XXXXX <first.last.unco@gmail.com> -- The name may appear to be a UNC employee with the proper first.last format.*

Subject: [External] Quick request

 Message:

Can you give me your available text number that I can reach you at? 

--
Dean
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Additional Information:

UNC is the target of a new phishing scam. Users are sent, what appears to be, a message from the dean's office. Be warned, the email address may include .unco or .edu. However, the message is coming from an @gmail extension. 

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: