Phishing Scam Advisory 9/6/23

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM the Office of Technology Support Services:

Dear Campus Community,

We have received a notification from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) regarding an ongoing phishing campaign.  This campaign uses a QR code which is intended to lure an individual into using their mobile device to scan and navigate to a malicious URL. We wanted to bring this to everyone’s attention to be aware of this ongoing scam attempt.  If you receive any email resembling the example below (emails may have small differences), please DO NOT scan the QR code and delete the email immediately.

Thank you,

Jason Brandon- Executive Director of Technology Support Services

TECHNICAL DETAILS:

Sender:           AUTHENTICATION NOTIFICATION <noreply@correosprepago.es>

Subject:          Final Warning: Authentication Support for [Agency Name]

QR Code:       Contains multiple different URLs

Example Email:

This shows what the phishing scam e-mail looks like

September 6th, 2023 by