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FYI: Upgrade to Available email scam


From: Curt Kappenman <ckappenman () ANDERSONUNIVERSITY EDU>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 15:14:41 +0000

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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