Phishing Alert: Document shared with you: "Faculty Distribution List.docx"

Some U-M community members reported receiving this email. It is fraudulent or malicious. Do not respond, click any link in it, or provide personal information or money. See Phishing & Scams for more tips. If you need help, contact the ITS Service Center.

Date Sent: 
Monday, September 20, 2021

Phishing Email Summary

This phishing email attempts to trick recipients by claiming a document has been shared with them. Links in the phishing email lead to a fake Microsoft Office 365 website. Always check the URL of any website before entering your credentials. In this case you can see that the fake login site is not a U-M site.

A text-only version of the phishing email is provided below. A screenshot of the original phishing email and the fake login site are provided at the bottom of this page.

Phishing Email Text

[email protected] shared a document
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[email protected] has invited you to edit the following document:
Angela Dillard shared a file with you
Faculty Distribution List.docx
[email protected] is outside your organization.
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Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
You have received this email because [email protected] shared a document with you from Google Docs.    Logo for Google Docs

Phishing Email or Site Screenshot: 
Screen shot of the phishing email.
Screen shot of the fake Microsoft 365 login site. Always check the URL before logging in to any site.