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- An email appears to come from a colleague asking you to do something out of the ordinary like purchasing gift cards while they are unavailable.
- An email appearing to come from the President or Provost sharing a file for an evaluation that requires you to login to view it.
- The scammer pretends to be an employer or pretends that you were referred to them for an incredible job offer that requires no interview, little work, and good pay for just sending them your information.
- An email/text appearing to be from a bank, credit card company, or other financial institution requests that you “confirm” your personal account information. Supposedly, your information has been lost, or your account is going to be closed, so it is “urgent” that you respond immediatelyrespond immediately.
- A phony email from the “fraud department” of a well-known company asks you to verify your information because they suspect you may be a victim of identity theft.
- An email may take advantage of a current event, such as the Anthem data breach, which scammers used to send phishing emails with malicious links for “free credit reporting.”
- An email claiming to be from a state lottery commission requests your banking information to deposit the “winnings” into your accounts.
- An email/text saying you missed a package delivery with a link to reschedule it (link may look real, but site is actually a copy of the real site and it's just designed to get your user credentials and information).
- An email/text of a fake invoice that makes you think there was an erroneous charge on your account with a link to check it (link may look real, but site is actually a copy of the real site and it's just designed to get your user credentials and information).
- A scammer pretends to have a large sum of money and needs “someone trustworthy” to help access it. The scammer promises to share the wealth in exchange for your help - specifically, your financial information.
- Scammers will use spoofed email addresses, phony websites with legitimate logos, or phone numbers to fake customer service centers operated by the scammers.
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