Alert: Recent Phishing Incidents on Campus

Phishing: " the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication." --Wikipedia

Over Spring Break, some students received an email from a non-existent department at Haverford offering a well-paid job that requires no interview and no prior experiences. When students replied to emails with their student ID's and resumes, the email asks for more information, such as drivers' license numbers and bank account number. Please be aware that the email is a SCAM email and no one at Haverford would ask for personal identification information other than that on students' one card.

Alert email from IITS Prodesk:

"Please be alerted to a recent SCAM email that appears to have been sent to the entire HC student body.

If you received an email from HAVERFORD JOBS regarding a "Part Time Payroll Representative" position, don not reply. If you do, you will be asked for personal identifiable information. Please delete that email. It is also recommended that you REPORT IT as spam in Gmail by clicking the down arrow next to the Reply icon and selecting "Report Spam."

For future reference, be extra cautious when replying to emails and clicking links in emails. NEVER send important information over email, including passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, driver's license information, etc.

Check your tweets from @HCProDesk or the "Tweets" section of our IITS home page to verify an email's legitimacy.

Please pass this information on to a friend or two and enjoy the rest of your break.

Best!

Tessa Kahley "

Alert email from Tom King:

"Hi,

As some of you know, there have been several phishing attempts at Haverford College this week by someone attempting to acquire personal information via email.

With the exception of information printed on your OneCard, no one from the College will ask for personal identifying information such as DOB, SS#, passwords, etc. by e-mail or phone.

Please be extra cautious when replying to any emails and links in emails and never send important information including passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, driver's license information, etc.

If you think you received a phishing email and passed any personal information along, please contact Campus Safety.

Thanks much!

Tom "

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