Closing Old Mailboxes

This phishing attempt is claiming the university is closing old mailboxes with a link to update your account. Please just delete this message, report it using the report message button in Outlook, or forward it as an attachment to abuse@purdue.edu

How do we know this is phishing:

Hovering over the link points to Weebly rather than a Purdue address, and the message is in the Comic Sans font.

A Purdue directory lookup of the sender shows that the person sending it is a grad student which is kind of scary. While Purdue IT does hire students, they will not communicate with you using their Purdue email addresses.

Screenshot of phishing email

Submitted by Bill Tarrh on
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