S.D. Miss. Bankr.: Phishing Scam: Fake Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) Emails

Subject:  Phishing Scam: Fake Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) Emails

The federal judiciary has become aware of a nation-wide phishing scam targeting federal court filers with fake Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) emails.

A legitimate NEF from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi will have these characteristics:

• Sender will be: ECF-Notification_Do-Not-Reply@mssb.uscourts.gov
• An NEF will never include an attachment.
• An NEF will always contain Case Name, Case Number, Document Number, and Docket Text.
• Case Number and Document Number links will always start with https://ecf.mssb.uscourts.gov/.
• An NEF will not demand a response.
• If you are not sure whether the email is a phishing NEF, you can login to the court’s Electronic Case Filing System and look up associated document rather than using a link in a questionable email.

Also make sure that you are following your organization’s IT security processes and procedures for suspicious and/or malicious emails.

Danny L. Miller
Clerk of Court