Re: Not exactly phishing, but...

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

Hi,

They are calling this Vishing .. Voice Phishing .. the use VoIP systems to obfuscate the source of the calls

Yes, this is really a phishing attempt

My 2 cents

Joel

--On Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:01 AM -0500 Geoffrey Steven Nathan <geoffnathan () wayne edu> wrote:

> One of my colleagues received a phone call --
>
>
> claiming to represent 'internet radio' and wanting me (as a WSU faculty member) to participate in some project that was 
> not clearly identified. When I
> suggested that he send a copy of the proposal so that the WSU legal people could have a look at it, he hung up. It 
> might be useful to circulate a note to the
> faculty to the effect that offers of this sort might need to be checked out.
>
> Although this is not electronic, exactly, I've been asked by University Counsel whether this seems to be a one-off or 
> whether this is a more general phishing
> campaign. Has anyone else seen this?
>
> Geoff
>
> Geoffrey S. Nathan
> Faculty Liaison, C&IT
> and Professor, Linguistics Program
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