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On April 9, 2025 at approximately 4:15am EDT, the following email was sent to members of the Dartmouth community.
Subject: Required Literature - Read in Private
Sender: Redacted (redacted@gmail.com)
You have failed today. It would be in your benefit to maximize and employ a stronger acuity of perception. Do not miss that which is beside you. We cannot provide a better hint than that.
To indicate your intention to join our organization and continue this process, reply with a picture from the book described below at the correct page. You have until 3:33am. Tomorrow, as with the rest of the week, wear one item of visible striped clothing. If the process continues at this current pace, we will not see you come Saturday.
Retrieve a special token from the library. Acquire one and keep it on your person at all times until instructed not to do so. The book is of the utmost importance and this task should not be taken lightly. It will serve as your physical sodalitas during this period. Reflect on the traditions within our College on a hill. You should find hymns of innocence in this book, all MUST be memorized. Reflect on your own time at this campus. Only then might you find the answer.
You would do well to stay undiscovered for this endeavor.
Sodalitas et Fraternitas,
Name Redacted
This email contains the following indications of a phishing attack:
- The sender email address is not a Dartmouth domain but instead a random Gmail address.
- Threatening language, including "You have failed today" and "all MUST be memorized."
- Creating a sense of urgency - The email instructs the recipient to respond by a certain time (in this case, 3:33am).
If you receive an email similar to this one, it is recommended that you take the following actions:
- Do not reply to the message
- Mark the message as spam or junk
- Forward the message to phishing@dartmouth.edu
- Block the sender