Welcome
Welcome to the MRU Phish Bowl! Here you can find a copy of every phishing email that has arrived in a Mount Royal inbox and then been reported as suspicious or malicious. If you are not sure if an email is malicious or not, you can search this database to see if it has been previously reported.
How to use this site:
- Browse through the entire list of emails
- Browse through a category listed in the menu on the right
- Search for text found in the email using the search field
All links and attachments that appear in the emails are inactive. Please do not enter the URLs found in these emails into your browser’s address bar as some of these web pages contain malware that can be loaded onto your machine simply by visiting them. Each email entry is titled with its subject, the name of the email sender and the date the email was sent.
If you have any questions about the Phish Bowl or the emails it contains, contact Bernadette Pasteris the IT Security Training Analyst at bpasteris@mtroyal.ca.
Clue #3 solution = 48.7
Please Verify Your MRU Account – Mount Royal University 12/04/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Report the email using the PhishAlarm button or by forwarding it to cybersecurity@mtroyal.ca.
Search terms – MRU, account, deactivation, retirement/graduation, active, verify, deactivate
Mount Royal University – Tim Rahilly 11/30/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Contact Tim and ask him if he sent the message.
Search terms – Let me know if you have some time now
ARE YOU FREE NOW? – Tim Rahilly, PhD 11/29/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Contact Tim and ask him if he sent the message.
Search terms – time, available
Order#48941 – YOUR-MEMBERSHIP-UPGRADED 11/29/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Report by using the PhishAlarm button or by forwarding to cybersecurity@mtroyal.ca.
Search terms – purchase, confirmed, order, fulfilled, package
Thank you for your order – Reciept98572 11/21/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Report by using the PhishAlarm button or by forwarding to cybersecurity@mtroyal.ca.
Search terms – order, purchase, invoice, attachment
20.150,31 – Ida Gerke 11/20/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Report by using the PhishAlarm button or by forwarding to cybersecurity@mtroyal.ca.
Search terms – message, intended, inform, form, status
Document shared with you:”2023 MTROYAL Curriculum Review Combined Report.docx” – Christopher Gillll-harris 11/10/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Contact Karla and ask her if she shared the document.
Search terms – Karla Karch, file, share, document
your account will be locked within 48 hours 09/11/2023 – no-reply-email
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Login to your Netflix account and check your account information.
Search terms – account, information, update, benefits, Netflix
(your name) – Marc D’Avernas 11/02/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Contact Marc using the contact info found in the MRU internal directory and ask him if he sent the email.
Search terms – vendor, payment, details, balance
About Piano – Millie Abam 10/30/2023
The original message:
What gave it away:
If you aren’t sure if it is legitimate:
Contact Millie using the contact info found in the MRU internal directory and ask her if she sent the email.
Search terms – piano, Yamaha, baby, grand, indicate, interest, private, inspection, moving, John Mayer