Phishing Scam: Payroll-Related Emails

The campus is currently experiencing a high volume of scam emails with the word "Payroll" in the subject line.  Various subjects include:

"03112011 PAYROLL INDICES"
"12132011 PAYROLL RECORDS"
"11112011 PAYROLL RECORDS"
"03122011 PAYROLL LOGS"

Here is an example of one of the emails:

From: “Kelli Godfrey” retypingpb7@etisbew.com Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:43:08 -0500 Subject: 12132011 PAYROLL RECORDS http://neikiddo.com/DU4P9H10.html Please open the URL below to access PAYROLL RECORDS. It was submitted to you using a Xerox WorkCentre. Pro ============================================================================= Confidential Notice: This information is dedicate just for the entity to that it is addressed and may enclose information that is intimate or otherwise preserved from disclosure.If you have take this email in fault, please contact the support by respond the present email and trash the original e-Mail and each copy..

Notice the non-KUMC sender address and the URL - these are great ways to tell whether or not an email  is a scam or not.  Information Security is actively blocking the URLs contained in these emails and KUMC community members are encouraged to delete these emails.