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Over the past two weeks a new e-mail scam has reared its head on campus. Scammers use contact information, available on the internet, to target individuals at the university.<\/p>\n
One example is an e-mail which has been sent to various staff at the Finance department with a request to transfer money. (see e-mail with inactive addresses below)<\/p>\n
The e-mail is sent from a gmail address, but the\u00a0display name <\/em>is a SU staff member’s name. Since the cyber criminal also saw the contact person’s name on the website (in this case Finance’s website), they address the receiver personally as, for example, Karin.<\/p>\n Similar scams use fax numbers available on the internet and then a fax is sent directly to the contact person.<\/p>\n Do not, under any circumstances, react to these e-mails. It is clearly an attempt to attract your attention and convince you to conduct a financial transaction. Delete and ignore the e-mail.<\/p>\n Report suspicious e-mail to sysadm@sun.ac.za and also read our articles on security on our blog<\/a>, as well as the fortnightly newsletter,\u00a0Bits & Bytes<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FROM: Stellenbosch University staff member name<example@gmail.com><\/em> Karin,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Let me know if you can process a same day domestic bank transfer to a client. You will code it to professional services<\/em><\/p>\n The amount is R870,000, kindly confirm so i can forward the appropriate beneficiary details to enable instant clearance.<\/em><\/p>\n Regards<\/em><\/p>\n Sent from my iPhone<\/em><\/p>\n [:af]<\/p>\n Daar is die afgelope twee weke `n nuwe tendens op kampus waar kubermisdadigers kontakinligting wat op die internet beskikbaar is, gebruik om individue te teiken.<\/p>\n Een voorbeeld hiervan is `n e-pos wat aan verskeie personeel van Finansies gestuur is met `n versoek vir die oorbetaling van gelde. (sien e-pos onder met onaktiewe adresse)<\/p>\n Die e-pos word gestuur vanaf `n gmail adres, maar die display name<\/em> is `n US personeellid se naam. Omdat die kubermisdadiger die kontakpersoon se naam ook op die internet (in die geval Finansies se webwerf) kon kry, rig hy die e-pos persoonlik aan byvoorbeeld Karin.\u00a0<\/p>\n Soortgelyke gevalle gebruik ook faksnommers wat op die internet beskikbaar is en stuur dan `n faks aan `n spesfieke persoon.<\/p>\n Moet onder geen omstandighede op hierdie e-posse reageer nie. Hierdie is duidelik `n e-pos wat poog om u aandag te trek en te oortuig om `n finansi\u00eble transaksie uit te voer. Verwyder en ignoreer dit bloot.<\/p>\n Meld verdagte e-posse aan by sysadm@sun.ac.za en lees ook artikels oor sekuriteit op ons blog<\/a>, sowel as die twee-weeklikse nuusbrief, Bits & Bytes<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0FROM: Stellenbosch University staff member name<example@gmail.com><\/em><\/p>\n TO: Stellenbosch University staff member name<example@sun.ac.za><\/em><\/p>\n Karin,<\/em><\/p>\n Let me know if you can process a same day domestic bank transfer to a client. You will code it to professional services\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The amount is R870,000, kindly confirm so i can forward the appropriate beneficiary details to enable instant clearance.<\/em><\/p>\n Regards<\/em><\/p>\n Sent from my iPhone<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n [:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [:en] Over the past two weeks a new e-mail scam has reared its head on campus. Scammers use contact information, available on the internet, to target individuals at the university. One example is an e-mail which has been sent to various staff at the Finance department with a request to transfer money. 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