[Important Notice] Beware of Suspicious Purchase Order Requests and Requests for Quotations Impersonating UOsaka Personnel

There has been a recent increase in fraudulent emails posing as requests for quotations and targeting companies. These emails impersonate legitimate universities and their faculty and staff members and are designed to trick recipients into opening attachments or visiting external websites.

These messages have absolutely no connection with UOsaka, and we have not been involved in any way.

If you receive a suspicious email purporting to be from UOsaka, do not open any attachments or click on any links. Please carefully check the sender's information and the content of the email to confirm its legitimacy.

●Examples of confirmed fraudulent activities
Purchase order requests issued under the name of UOsaka
Requests for quotations from individuals claiming to be UOsaka faculty or staff members
Use of fictitious contact information or email addresses

●Official communication channels of UOsaka
Official purchase order requests and requests for quotations from UOsaka are sent only from email addresses associated with the following domain:
Email domain: osaka-u.ac.jp and its subdomains
Please exercise caution with any communication sent from domains other than those listed above, as such messages may be fraudulent.

●In the event of receiving a suspicious request

Should you receive a suspicious order request or quotation request, please refrain from responding to the sender or otherwise acting upon the request. We would appreciate it if you could report the matter to the contact point below.

●Inquiries
First Promotion Section, Office for Safety and Hygiene, Department of General Affairs
Tel: 06-6879-4023
Mail：anzen-suisindai1[at]office.osaka-u.ac.jp
*Please replace[at] with @.