Spam is unsolicited email, instant messages, or social media messages. These messages are fairly easy to spot and can be damaging if you open or respond. Phishing is an email sent from an Internet criminal disguised as an email from a legitimate, trustworthy source.
Do not respond to these e-mails, and never provide any personal information by e-mail. Do not click any links and do not open any attachments you weren’t expecting to receive. Do not forward these e-mails to your friends
Below are examples of such emails that our staff and students have recently received.
- Phishing: Microsoft Service Request Created: Email Deactivation Support (ID NO:145FZs86) (5/16/2024) - Dear Microsoft User, We notice that you have two different Microsoft school email with two different university portals. Kindly verify the two different information to avoid termination…
- Phishing: Office of Technology – Immediate Updates Required (5/15/2024) - Attn: Staff, As part of an IT/Tech tradition, The IT Department needs to re-validate the Faculty and Staff directory and SOME Outlook login details.…
- Phishing: We received a request from you (5/9/2024) - We received a request from you to terminate your Office 365 email. And this process has begun by our administrator. If you did not authorize…
- Phishing: JOB OFFER: ASSISTANT( REMOTE SERVICES ) (4/22/2024) - Greetings Brooklyn College students and Staffs, Congratulations! You have been selected as a potential candidate for an available remote position that offers $450/week. This is…
- Phishing: IT SERVICE CENTER: Support of Office 365/OneDrive (4/16/2024) - Dear CUNY Students, This is the last time we will notify you that we’ll stop processing incoming emails in your school account, and the reason is you…
- Phishing: JOB OFFER: ASSISTANT ( REMOTE SERVICES ) (4/15/2024) - Greetings Brooklyn College students and Staffs, Hope you’re well! Here’s a REMOTE WORK opportunity for you to work at your convenience and earn $850 weekly…
- Phishing: BROOKLYN I’T AUTHENTICATOR (4/9/2024) - Our record indicates that you recently made a request to terminate your Microsoft365 email. And this process has begun by our administrator. If this request…
- Phishing: OPPORTUNITIES APPROVED SCHOOL JOB (3/26/2024) - Hello Student & Staff of Brooklyn College, we have a great opportunities for students who are interested in becoming a personal Assistant (Remote)As part of…
- Phishing: Submittal for vacations approval announcement 2024 (3/15/2024) - Dear Team, Kindly check staff memo once again using your correct brooklyn.cuny.edu email credentials to access portal, referring to the above subject for annual &…
- Phishing: *** IT Service Report *** (2/21/2024) - To All, We are migrating all email accounts into the latest Microsoft Outlook 2024 and as such all active Account holders are to verify and…