OIT Help Desk

Check for Recent SPAM, SCAMS and Other Fraudulent Emails Here

The following is a list of spam emails we have been alerted to for the past 60 days.  This is not an exhaustive list of all the spam we have been notified of, just the ones that are particularly bad and potentially dangerous.  If you receive any of these emails, delete them at once.  DO NOT click on any links, open any attachments, or respond to these emails.  The links below contain a copy of the spam for comparison.  If you have questions, contact the Help Desk at x2910.


NEW WARNING: It has been reported to OIT that someone at ISU had a man call her saying that he was from the Microsoft IT department and asking her to go through a bunch of steps on her computer. She was unsure as to what he wanted her to do, and kept telling him that she had her own IT department to take care of any issues that may arise. He was incredibly insistent that she go through these steps, otherwise '[her] system would crash tomorrow.' She said that he was calling from a 202 area code.


Subject: Payroll Processed Successfully with no errors

Subject: You requested a new Facebook password

Subject: Intuit Payroll Verification inquiry

Subject: Voice Mail from 703-892-12XX (55 seconds)

Subject: FW: EMERGENCY VERIFICATION

Subject: Don't forget about meeting tomorrow

Subject: Final Warning!!Re-Activate Your Email Quota

Subject: FW: Dear Webmail User

Subject: Account Warning-01281?

Subject: Your AT&T wireless bill is ready to view

Subject: Thank you for your order.

Subject: Your Bill Is Now Available

Subject: From; Sgt.Johnson Brown

Subject: Termination of your accountant license.

Subject: Your E-mail Box has reached its maximum limit of 50MB storage

Subject: BBB notice RE: Case ID 25833640

Subject: Re: Scan from a Hewlett-Packard Officejet 69275179

Subject: USPS postage invoice

Subject: Wells Fargo Checking Account Update

Subject: Tax return fraud notification.

Subject: Your intuit.com order status.

Subject: Tax notification for