up to date.
Have
you ever been phished (fished)?
Phishing is a
type of computer scam. You get an email that appears
to be from your bank or some other financial institution
or reliable source. What should you do? They
have a link on the email to find out the details about a
charge on your credit card or they tell you that some of
your records have been altered or deleted and they need
you to send some information to them.
STOP!!!
DON'T
CLICK THE LINK!
This link is actually
either going to install some virus or spyware on your computer
and everything that you send out is going to be infected
or be redirected to an address that is not a legitimate
business address this includes transactions done in SSL
(secure sockets layer) where the lock shows on the lower
right portion of your window. In other words someone
is trying to steal your personal information. Two
example that we have had on campus are the email from a
Paypal look alike - exchange-robot@paypal.com saying that
they have made a charge to your credit card for $175.00
and on 11/15/04 the one that appears to be from Suntrust
bank - SunTrust Security Department requesting personal
information. Financial institutions will not request personal information through an email. If
you are in doubt, do not send an email, but call a branch
office of the financial institution and find out from them.
See below for more scams.
Scams
from new sources:
07/15/08 - The message below is a phishing scam. All official UVa-Wise email will contain an individual staff member name.
-----Original Message-----
From: Email Manager [mailto:snod@localnet.com]
Sent: Mon 7/14/2008 5:01 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: Your .Edu Email Account cancellation Notice
Attn: Edu Account Owner
This message is from Our Schools web mail Admin messaging center to all web mail account owners.We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are canceling unused web mail email account to create more space for new accounts.
To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below to know it's status as a currently used account.
CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW
Email Username :
Email Password :
Date of Birth :
Warning!!! Any account owner that refuses to update his/her account within Three days of this update notification will loose his/her account permanently.
Thank you for using web mail
Support Team
Warning Code :ID67565434
"Support Team Administration"
Don't
allow files from unknown sources on your computer
Accepting files
from others by opening attachments, by downloading files
from web pages, or by other means is risky. Each time you
encounter a new file, judge carefully the reliability of
the file's source and contents before you open it or save
it to your computer. It's best never to open an attachment
unless you are absolutely sure of the credibility of both
the sender and the contents of the sent material. Remember,
malicious programs like viruses and worms can spoof the
identity of an email message's sender. Just because the
message says it's from someone you know doesn't mean that
it really is.
