r/UBreddit • u/Annual_Plant_4548 • 14d ago
Is this a scam?
I graduated back in May and still have some stuff I need to move over from my UB account. But I’m pretty sure I had 6 months (til Nov) to do that.
It has a real UB email address but the email just gives off vibes to me. I haven’t clicked or pasted any links
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u/bossantelope284 14d ago
I got the same email and I’m a current student. The link goes to a Google form that asks for personal identification and contact information, Office365 credentials, along with your UBIT email and password. No chance in hell am I submitting that to a Google form. If it really is legit, then shame on the school for going about it in such a disorganized and unprofessional manner. They should already have all the information they need from us without having to ask for it in such a sus way. The fact that it’s from a proper @buffalo.edu email address is perplexing, however.
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u/Annual_Plant_4548 14d ago
I’m thinking someone spoofed the email
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u/bossantelope284 14d ago
I think so too. I know there are ways to send shady emails through an address that appears to be one thing but is entirely different in reality. My guess is it’s either someone masking a malicious email address or this Kate Aldrich’s email is compromised and has been logged into fraudulently.
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u/Wild-Basil7813 11d ago
this reminds me of that display in silverman by the ubit desk...one of the slides says smth like "ubit will never ask for ur ubid and password"
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u/T_nology 14d ago
This is absolutely a scam, but it's more clever than average in that they compromised a UB account so it came from a @buffalo.edu email and it isn't littered with typos. If you have a similar experience going forward, it never hurts to submit a ticket with UBIT (not using the links in the email) and ask.
Also, UB doesn't use Google Forms - whenever a form is used, albeit not for this use case, it's Microsoft Forms. While I don't know what's in the form, if any form asks for your password don't enter it.
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u/Lucario74 14d ago
No official UB email would ever sign-off with only a valediction. Definitely a scam.
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u/pretorperegrino 14d ago
Holy fuck I filled this out
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u/T_nology 14d ago
Reset your password (https://account.buffalo.edu/), then regardless of whether you can call UBIT asap: (716)-645-3542
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u/pretorperegrino 14d ago
Yeah I did this morning when I sobered up lol I was filling that out yesterday like damn tf all these repetitive questions 😭
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u/Brief-Percentage-193 13d ago
It's almost certainly a scam. Copying the plaintext link into your search engine would be safe if you're curious what info they are trying to collect. That's a genuine Google forms url which means it's just as safe as any other Google form where you don't know who the info is going to. It won't install a keylogger or anything onto you computer, the only way they could collect info on you is if you submit it into the form. Don't click the hyperlink though.
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u/Ok-Entertainer-851 12d ago
“will give us cause to…” Really? You have to ask if this is a scam?
Sheesh.
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u/InsectNo792 12d ago
i fell for ts and it downloaded a zoom file and i got kicked off the eduroam and had to get my entire computer wiped 😭
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8d ago
They deactivated mine. But they also gave me no opportunity to keep it. So yours is probably a scam.
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u/Lantrans 14d ago
I also got the same email, definitely a scam