Confirmation Email: Group Flight Payment Received From Student Universe

Did anyone of you receive from Student Universe an email with the title “Confirmation Email: Group Flight Payment Received“?

The email address was valid — it came from Student Universe. The problem was, I never booked a flight, nor bought anything from Student Universe. In fact, I cancelled my subscription with them few years ago. Thus, getting an email from them informing me of a payment I did not make, immediately raised the red flag. Was Student Universe hacked?

Here’s the full content of the email:

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Hello _____,

Thank you for submitting payment for the (name of university) group flight.

Please note payments are only processed during weekday business hours. We will send you an additional confirmation email, or notify you if the payment was not successful, within 2 business days. The confirmation email will be sent to (your email address). Please keep an eye out for the confirmation emails in your bulk or spam inbox!

Thanks again for booking your flight with StudentUniverse!

Travel Services
Email: travelservices@studentuniverse.com | Phone: +1 800 351 3279
130 Turner St, Ste 530, Waltham, MA 02453
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Is this email for real? I went directly to the official Student Universe website and this is what I read:

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At approximately 6:00PM Eastern Time on November 12, 2014, an email was sent to a large number of StudentUniverse users and contacts.

Affected persons received an email from StudentUniverse entitled “Confirmation Email: Group Flight Payment Received”. That email was sent in error. If you received such an email, please disregard its contents and note that you have not been charged anything and that no personal information has been leaked. The email is unrelated to actual transaction data.

We are currently dealing with a large amount of requests and phone calls and ask that you please bear with us as we do our best to respond to each of you. We can assure you that your information is secure and we sincerely apologize for this incident.

Please return to www.studentuniverse.com/blog for continued updates from the StudentUniverse team.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience.

Thanks,
Team StudentUniverse
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Did you get the same email too? As a precaution, it might be helpful to inform your bank to invalidate any charges from StudentUniverse, especially if you have not booked any flight from them lately.