Month: November 2025

16.89% Salary increase letter

This kind of “too-good-to-be-true” message has been circulating recently. It contains a PDF attachment that, in turn, contains a link to a malicious site claiming you can “log in securely.” The actual goal is to steal your UVic credentials. Please do not open such PDFs and do not click the links. Report them as phishing to our Information Security team by using the red shield button in MS Outlook.
As is typical for scams, they imply urgency, come from an external email address, and link to an external website.

Subject: 16.89 % Salary Increase Letter Monday, November 24, 2025

Dear Members,

Sequel to last week notification, find enclosed Ηere-under the letter summarizing your 16.89 percent salary increase starting Monday, November 24, 2025

Αll documents are enclosed Ηere-under:

NOTE:  Your Αccess is needed to go through the salary increment letter, Initial Αccess is Salary2025

Payroll & Employee Relations

Uvic 2025 Q4 Compensation & Payroll Snapshot Summary

This phish is circulating today. The sender is spoofed as if internal. In fact it is external and scanning the QR code leads to visiting a malicious website.

screenshot of the phish message. The text is quoted below


Sender: Uvic <Finance@uvic.ca>
Subject: Uvic 2025 Q4 Compensation & Payroll Snapshot Summary

Dear <your netlink>,
2025 Q4 Compensation & Payroll Snapshot Summary is now available for review.
For quick access, scan the QR code below:
<qr code here>
Recipient: <your UVIc email address>

Internal Use Only
This message is intended solely for the named recipient and contains confidential information for internal company use. Please do not forward or share access details.