Reminder: Be vigilant against phishing scams
IT has
received several reports of a new phishing scam hitting campus email
boxes. This one claims to be a group working with IT and asking
customers to email the username and password of their email account to
an off-campus Hotmail account. Please remember that IT or the HelpDesk
will never ask you to email your passwords -especially to off campus
resources.
It is important to be vigilant against phishing scams. Here are some tips:
1. Never use email to send your personal information including social
security numbers, account usernames/passwords, or banking information.
2. Never respond to suspicious emails. When in doubt - delete.
3. If you receive an email from your bank or other institution asking
for personal information and you are unsure if it is legitimate, call
them on the phone to verify the validity of the email.
EXAMPLE
Greetings to you Customer,
This is to formally notify you that we are presently working on the
csumb.edu, and this can close your webmail account with csumb.edu
completely. To avoid this, please send your username/password to
csumb.edu Customer Care Email address:
customercare.webprotection@hotmail.com
Please do this,so that your csumb.edu account can be protected from being close.
Reply now,
MAKE SURE NOBODY IS BEHIND YOU WHEN SENDING THIS INFORMATIONS.
Sincerely,
csumb.edu Customer Care Units
PROTECT YOUR csumb.edu ACCOUNT FROM BEING CLOSED!!!
100 Campus Center
