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<p class="MsoNormal">Good evening. Please see the below warning from the state Erate coordinator. Also, please be aware that we are also seeing many new varieties of phishing messages to include some that appear to come from well-known domains.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thor Sage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Miami Valley Technology and Communications Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">937-767-1468 x3101<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Not-for-profit Technology Services for Education and Local Governments<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Lorrie Germann <e-rate@ohio-k12.help> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 23, 2026 4:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thor Sage <sage@mveca.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> EPC Phishing Emails Received – Beware!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:red"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:yellow">CAUTION:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links
or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello E-Rate Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">It’s just come to our attention that some E-Rate applicants have received emails that appear to be a phishing attempt. The email
has a subject line of “Service Provider Document, E-Rate Productivity Center” and is from the domain “usac.com”. Legitimate emails from USAC will come from the domain “usac.org”. In the body of the email is a link to click to "View Secure Message".
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">USAC has been notified, but in the meantime, beware!!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please let me know if you have any questions or if you receive any such email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lorrie
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<em><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Lorrie Germann</span></em><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">State E-Rate Coordinator<br>
Ohio Department of Education & Workforce<br>
<a href="mailto:lorrie.germann@education.ohio.gov">lorrie.germann@education.ohio.gov</a><br>
740-253-1153<br>
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