Spear phishing attempt is a carefully crafted personalized email that is usually sent with an attachment or requests a response. The fraudster then tries to entice the recipient to open the infected attachment or respond with personal information.

We have reports from faculty and staff who have been recipients of a new twist on an old e-mail scam. These phishing scams often come from a non-UCLA email address with poor spelling/grammar.

You should never click a link or call back the number from an unexpected delivery notice.

Below is a sample phishing email that was recently sent out. If you receive this, please do not respond to it and do not click on any hyperlinks.

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Subject: settings changed
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Below is a sample phishing email that was recently sent out. If you receive this, please do not respond to it and do not click on any hyperlinks.

From: [username]@ucla.edu

Subject: HR Team

Greetings:

You have a message from the HR Department

Click here to view your message

Sincerely,

The Human Resources Talent Acquisition Team

This is an automatically generated email, please do not reply.

Below is a sample phishing email that was recently sent out. If you receive this, please do not respond to it and do not click on any hyperlinks. From: IT Help Desk <helpdesk@[campus unit].ucla.edu>

Subject: [username]@[campus unit].ucla.edu password expiration

[campus unit].ucla.edu

Hello [username]

Password for [username]@[campus unit].ucla.edu expires today Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 2:34 PM

Keep Same Password

[campus unit].ucla.edu (c) 2021

Below is a sample phishing email that was recently sent out. If you receive this, please do not respond to it and do not click on any hyperlinks. TEXT OF PHISHING EMAIL
From: [username]@ucla.edu

Subject: UNICEF PART – TIME JOB OPPORTUNITY

Good Day,
I am a staff hear at the institution, a professor of Medicine shared a link for students who might be interested in PAID UNICEF PART-TIME POSITION job to make up to $400 (USD) weekly.

Follow the link below for more info regarding the position –

CLICK HERE

NOTE: THIS IS STRICTLY A WORK FROM HOME POSITION.

Sincerely,
Dr. Daniel Spencer