It is important to be alert to scams that may originate from emails, text messages, phone calls, or social media. Some of the latest phishing scams include:
- Fake Job Opportunities
- Communication threatening action and/or demanding payment
- Requests to provide Duo passcodes
- Requests for you to purchase gift cards
- Fake retail notifications, such as communication appearing to originate from Amazon
- Requests for sensitive data
- Fake news attempting to generate an emotional response
What To Look For In Messages:
- Discrepancies in sender’s email address, links, and domain name (i.e., pace.edu)
- Inconsistent links – hover your mouse over the hyperlinks to view the link address before you click to ensure that it points to a known good site.
- Attachments that you were not expecting
- Offers that are too good to be true – most times, they are just that! Large compensations for minimal effort are a prime example of this type of indicator.
- Sense of urgency
- QR codes that you are not expecting
What To Do:
- Report suspected spam/phishing emails to iso@pace.edu. You can also use the Report Message button on the toolbar in Outlook.
- If you’ve inadvertently clicked a link or responded to a spam/phishing email, please contact iso@pace.edu immediately.
- If you’ve responded via text or other communication channels, discontinue communication and mark the numbers as spam/junk, if available.