Please Note: This email did not come from ANU, Be careful of any request to buy gift cards or other items for senders outside of ANU. Learn why this is important. https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/email-scams#toc-warning-signs-it-might-be-a-scam
I imagine that some scammer has targeted ANU with emails to staff after harvesting contact details or just the names of employees and they send requests for people to buy gift cards. These requests now look very realistic and appear to come from genuine people. I suspect ANU has decided to prepend any incoming email with that warning message as a result. I know someone who was fooled by a request to their work email address claiming to be from the "CEO" of the organisation with an URGENT request. Unfortunately she fell for it the first time and bought some gift cards, then when they asked for more she twigged... a new staffer, trying to be helpful. Sad, but a lesson for many! So, not you Stephen. Narelle On Mon, 20 May 2024 at 17:42, Stephen Loosley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes Narelle, for a month or so now, and it’s a mystery to me. > > > > Although his header addition happens about every third of my Link emails, I > have no idea why. To my knowledge, I have not been naughty with posts. > > > > Sure, perhaps some topics might have been somewhat ‘edgy’ but another word > might be ‘topical’ perhaps? > > > > But ANU surely supports traditional academic freedom? > > > > Anyway, whatever, there’s zero epidermis off my proboscis. No worries, and > whatever ... I’ve been ‘good.’ 😊 > > > > Thanks for wondering Narelle. > > > > Apparently we Linkers now have an ANU ‘Big Brother’? Haha 😊 > > > > Best wishes .. and cheers always Narelle and everyone. > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Link <[email protected]> on behalf of Narelle Clark > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2024 10:40:44 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [LINK] What a "fun" header > > Please Note: This email did not come from ANU, Be careful of any request to > buy gift cards or other items for senders outside of ANU. Learn why this is > important. > https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/email-scams#toc-warning-signs-it-might-be-a-scam > > I see all of Stephen's new posts are prepended with THIS IS NOT AN > OFFICIAL MESSAGE!! Be wary of scams!! > > ANU must have been hit by something nasty? > > On Tue, 14 May 2024 at 01:13, Stephen Loosley > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Please Note: This email did not come from ANU, Be careful of any request to > > buy gift cards or other items for senders outside of ANU. Learn why this is > > important. > > https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/email-scams#toc-warning-signs-it-might-be-a-scam > > > > > -- > > > Narelle > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Narelle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
