UW-Platteville Outages

[Initial Report]

The ITS Help Desk has received numerous reports of another separate spear phishing attempt, this time claiming to be from Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. Tammy Evetovich. This makes her officially a Pioneer now, right?

As is common of spear phishing attempts, this "Quick request" is short, has a sense of urgency, and asks for the recipient's "cell number". The FROM address is NOT uwplatt but rather gmail.

• If you receive such an email from "Tammy Evetovich" using a gmail address, please DELETE.
• If you receive such an email from another sender, please REPORT to the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@uwplatt.edu.
• If you opened and responded to this message, please CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD immediately and contact the ITS Help Desk for further instruction.

REMEMBER: Phishing attempts can come in many ways -- as text messages or phone calls, through apps or social media, even via snail mail. Phishing scams also typically increase during the holiday season. Maintain a healthy sense of paranoia and DO NOT RESPOND to unsolicited messages without verifying the request first.

Need help identifying phishing attempts? Check out real-life examples in the ITS Knowledge Base at https://go.uwplatt.edu/phish

If you have questions about this attempt, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 608.342.1400 or helpdesk@uwplatt.edu.