Re: Upgrade to Available email scam

["Jim A. Bole" <jbole () STEVENSON EDU>]

We’ve started seeing covid19 “themed” tactics –

I'm planning to surprise some of the staffs with gifts during this unprecedented health crises, your confidentiality 
will be appreciated. However, i need you to get a purchase done. Email me once you get this.


Jim Bole
Director of Information Security
Stevenson University
1525 Greenspring Valley Road
Stevenson, MD, 21153-0641
jbole () stevenson edu | O: 443-334-2696



From: The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> On Behalf Of Curt Kappenman
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:15 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: FYI: Upgrade to Available email scam

This email originated from outside of Stevenson University. Use caution with links or attachments unless you know the 
content is safe.
We started receiving this upgrade to the “Available?” email scam that we have all probably grown tired of.  We started 
receiving this variant yesterday in our system:

                Subject: <no subject>

Hi this is Dr. David Larson, This is my personal gmail. Text me only on here, I need you to do something's for me. Are 
you available ?
Dr. David Larson
Dean of the The South Carolina School of the Arts and Professor of Theatre

They will try anything to get users to respond.

Curt Kappenman
Security Compliance Officer
Anderson University
Anderson, SC

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