Phish of the Month: November
Recently, an email was delivered to UA users, supposedly offering cash for filling out surveys. Here is a sample of this email:
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From: account[@]alaska[.]edu Wholefoods® is starting A New Customer Survey for Students and non Students of University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ in your region. You earn $450/$500 per task done as a Part time worker, TAP HERE for more information.
Best Regards
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Unfortunately, not only is there no Wholefoods® in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ, they are not paying UA affiliates for their surveys.
How can you tell?
Phishing emails use a few tactics to encourage you to act, such as offers that are too good to be true (like this one!)
Don't take the bait! Take a few seconds to scrutinize these emails and look for these
tactics before acting.
What should you do?
If you use Google Mail in the web client, please report these emails as phishing (instructions here: Alerting Google in this manner helps keep emails like these out of inboxes, as well as sending a notice to the OIT Security Operations team for further investigation.
Outlook user? Submit a report to mark these emails as dangerous.
As always, contact your local Service Desk if you need assistance!
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UAA or call 907-786-4646 |
ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ & SW (OIT) or call 907-450-8300 |
UAS or call 907-796-6400 |