[Coehd] Be on Alert ~ Spear Phishing attempt

COEHD Faculty, We are experiencing another Spear Phishing attempt in our college. Hackers are specifically targeting us, in COEHD, using the name of Dr. Mario Torres. Please DO NOT RESPOND to a GMAIL account named Mario Torres <officemail7630>. We do not use GMAIL for UTSA business affairs. The message looks like this: __________________________________________________________ From: Mario Torres <officemail7630(a)gmail.com&gt; Subject: [EXTERNAL] Date: September 5, 2022 9:00 AM **EXTERNAL EMAIL** This email originated outside of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Please exercise caution when clicking on links or opening attachments. How’s everything? There’s something I need you to do for me, as soon as you’ve a moment, reply via email if you can handle this. Sent From MyMail __________________________________________________________ If you respond, they are asking you to purchase gift cards for staff … STOP. DO NOT CONTINUE. Please NOTE: * Dr. Torres would not ask you for money in any form (cash, check, gift cards etc.) * This semi-yellow box message above is an email coming from outside of UTSA * Report email as “Phishing” * Tech Café has been notified If you have any questions, please email us at coehdtechx@utsa.edu<mailto:coehdtechx@utsa.edu> Marisol Johnson IT Operations Manager Information Security Administrator Office of Dean of the College of Education and Human Development University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78249 E: Marisol.johnson@utsa.edu<mailto:Marisol.johnson@utsa.edu> V: 210.458.5438 |O:[signature_1529715457]Chat with me on Teams!