{"id":8862,"date":"2024-11-12T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=8862"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:12","slug":"email-phishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/email-phishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Phishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Carleton University Faculty or Staff will not ask you to send account credentials via email.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How can you tell if an email is a Phishing attempt:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It asks you for your password or directs you to a web form asking for your password<\/li>\n<li>If the link within the body of the message points to a non-Carleton email address<\/li>\n<li>The subject line is in all caps<\/li>\n<li>There is a call for immediate action \u2013 \u201cdownload this now\u201d or \u201cconfirm you email identity now\u201d or \u201cclick on the link below\u201d<\/li>\n<li>There are spelling or grammatical errors in the email<\/li>\n<li>The email offers something too good to be true<\/li>\n<li>If the email asks for money or personal information<\/li>\n<li>be suspicious of any attachments especially exe or zip files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What to do when you found a phishing email:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not click on any links or reply to the email<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise email systems have a spam and phishing reporting mechanism in which you can tag the email accordingly. 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