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  Warning! You've been phished! The email that you just read was not actually
from claimed sender. It was a phishing email designed to help you learn how to
protect you and your co-workers from attack. Clicking on links like the one in
the email you just read puts both you and your company at risk for identity
theft and financial loss. Such emails are called phishing scams.

Clicking on links like the one in the email you just read puts you at risk for
identity theft.

A phishing scam uses fraudulent email and web pages to steal bank account
information, passwords, and other confidential information.

The email and this webpage was developed by CastleGarde to help you learn how to
protect yourself and your co-workers from phishing attacks. The web page you
tried to visit might have been trying to steal your personal information. That
page was removed after being identified as a "phishing" web page. A phishing web
page tricks people out of bank account information, passwords and other
confidential information.

A phishing scam uses fraudulent email and web pages to steal bank account
information, passwords, and other confidential information.

The email and this webpage were developed by CastleGarde to help you learn how
to protect yourself and your co-workers from phishing attacks.

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“Sometimes frauds will target university email addresses to trick them into
giving up information about themselves. I made the mistake of offering up
information even after hearing this. I got a message from the “IT department”
requesting that I verify my account information, otherwise my account will be
suspended.

“Stupid me, I should have known that it was a trick. When I clicked on the
email, it took me to a website that wasn't really my university. I had to end up
canceling my account and getting a new one, changing my password, etc. It was
pretty embarrassing.

“I quickly wizened up and have since never ever been a victim again. Now I hover
over links to see where they link to. I won't be fooled twice.”

Phishing is an online scam involving email messages appearing to be from a
trusted source. A type of phishing, called spear phishing, is especially
problematic.

Spear phishing is a technique that con artists use to specifically target
individuals or companies and gain access to private information or accounts.

With spear phishing, hackers disguise themselves as a trusted source by sending
an email with a request to provide personal information, such as log in and
password information. When the person gives the information by replying to the
email or via a website link provided, the criminal goes into the account and
takes what they want.

Watch for:

 1. The email urges you to take immediate action.
    
    Often, a phishing email tries to trick you into clicking a link by claiming
    that your account has been closed or put on hold, or that there’s been
    fraudulent activity requiring your immediate attention. To be safe, log into
    the account in question directly by visiting the appropriate website, then
    check your account status.

 2. The hyperlinked URL is different from the one shown.
    
    The hypertext link in a phishing email may include the name of a legitimate
    bank. But when you hover the mouse over the link (without clicking it), you
    may discover in a small pop-up window that the actual URL differs from the
    one displayed and doesn’t contain the university’s name.

 3. Be wary of messages demanding immediate response and requesting passwords,
    bank accounts, or threatening to suspend or terminate your account.
    
    Look at the sender's email address. Does it make sense? Is it from someone
    you know? If you don't know the person or the email account is not
    associated with the actual organization, look up the number for the
    institution and contact them to verify its authenticity. Do not use any
    phone numbers provided by the suspected sender.

Phishers could take stolen account credentials and sell them to criminals who
could use your email or account to send huge volumes of spam. They could also
gain access to your personal and financial information.