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Phish Bowl

The Phish Bowl features examples of phishing emails received by members of the University of Toronto (U of T) community to help you identify and report suspicious emails.

If you have received any of the phishing emails below or other suspicious emails, please report it to report.phishing@utoronto.ca and delete it immediately from your mailbox. Don’t click any links, download attachments or engage with the sender. Please do not forward or share the email with your colleagues and other contacts.

Learn more about what to do if you suspect a phishing attempt.

[Phish] Your Email address, [redacted] Login History Created
By Education and Awareness team
January 17, 2018
Details: From: mail-noreply@administrator.com Subject: Your Email address, [redacted] Login History Created Text: Dear User, You signed in Total 580 times in the last 90 days To prevent unrecognized sign-in activity, to [redacted] and security occasion. Review your recently devices sign-in from Chrome on Windows Extra security features will be activated and unrecognize sign-in attempt activity ...

[Phish] -Action: Changes made in your Internet Banking Profile-
By Education and Awareness team
January 13, 2018
Details: From: cliftonspringsbowls@commander.net.au Subject: -Action: Changes made in your Internet Banking Profile- Text: *Action: Changes made in your Internet Banking Profile *Date January 13 2018. *This is to inform that your profile data was changed by you or by someone logged in using BMO DEBIT Card Number and password on 01/13/2018 from IP 91.59.84.61 *If ...

[Phish] (Zivuq) that’s fair surprising
By Education and Awareness team
January 13, 2018
Details: From: Eric Regnier <huoyu1217@126.com> Subject: (Zivuq) that’s fair surprising Text: [Jybufona Qyqesow]   I’ve got an extremely  very good news for you,  you  will be simply  amazed) Please read it  here   https://xi9u5nm1.cialkormontrer.space/96utor11se286   https://xi9u5nm1.cialkormontrer.space/96utor11se286

[Phish] RE: utoronto.ca scam
By Education and Awareness team
January 11, 2018
Details: From: finance@performancesales.com Subject: RE: utoronto.ca scam Text: Are you running a little scam here? I haven’t received any money from utoronto.ca Thank you. Rick Foye Telephone: 784-240-0354 x 756 Estimating Fax: 745-227-4731 Main Office Fax: 771-222-6183 Email: finance@performancesales.com Sent from my iPhone On Thu, January 11 2017 at 02:55 Here’s the bank statement for the payment ...

[Phish] prompt! Abnormal Reset Order from [redacted]@utoronto.ca
By Education and Awareness team
January 3, 2018
Details: From: no-reply@administrator.com Subject: prompt! Abnormal Reset Order from [redacted]@utoronto.ca Text: Email protection! [redacted] you can confirm your email account with a single click. [redacted] If we do not receive a verification reply within the next 24 hours, we will assume that you are a fraudulent user and close your email account until the correct ...

Learn how to spot a phish!
By Education and Awareness team
April 20, 2017
Visit our phishing resources page to learn about how to spot a phishing email or scam.