[Treasury-News] Additional Phishing Email Received By Some State Agency Staff

[Brady Coy]

Treasury has received word of another phishing email received by some state agency staff recently.  The email appears to be from Elavon-Inc and instructs the receiver to click on an attached link.  A sample of the phishing email received is included below.

If you receive suspicious email that uses Elavon's name, Elavon asks that you notify them immediately by emailing techsupp at elavon.com<mailto:techsupp at elavon.com> or calling 1.800.377.3962.


SAMPLE E-MAIL
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elavon-Inc. [mailto:notifications at myvirtualmerchant.elavon.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:31 AM
Subject: ACCOUNT VERIFICATION

Dear Elavon Virtual Merchant customer,

To help protect your identity and login information, verification of your account is required.
Download the attachment in this e-mail and continue. Thank You!

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