Re: Degreedup.org - phishing scam or just junk mail?

[Bob Bayn <bob.bayn () USU EDU>]

Not phish, but a "commercial scholarship" that functions like a lottery.  We block the thousands of spam messages they 
send to our employees.

Bob Bayn              (435)797-2396           IT Security Team
Office of Information Technology,     Utah State University
    three common hazardous email scams to watch out for:
     1) "phishing" for your email password
     2) unfamiliar transaction report from familiar business
     3) attachment with no explanation in the message body


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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] on behalf of Jeff Giacobbe 
[giacobbej () MAIL MONTCLAIR EDU]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 8:45 AM
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Subject: [SECURITY] Degreedup.org - phishing scam or just junk mail?

Greetings-

Just testing the wind on this one... Our campus seems to get regular
monthly 'spam' from an outfit called DegreedUp.org offering scholarship
applications (for a small fee of course)

I'm trying to determine if this is just your run-of-the-mill unsolicited
junk mail or if it moves into phishing scam territory.

I can provide a copy of the emails we've received privately if anyone is
interested.

Thanks,

Jeff Giacobbe
Associate Vice President Enterprise Technology Services
Montclair State University