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Did you know most cyber incidents start with a phish?

Phishing emails disguise themselves as harmless messages, but they're dangerous digital piranhas swimming in your inbox. Stay vigilant, spot the signs, and report suspicious emails.听

TIPS FOR SPOTTING A PHISHING ATTEMPT

• A tone that鈥檚 urgent or makes you scared鈥� - "Click this link immediately or your account will be closed."鈥�
• Requests to send personal info鈥�.
• Sender email address is not an exact match with the company or organization it鈥檚 coming听from鈥� like Amazon.com vs. Amaz0n.com鈥�, or bc.edu vs. boston-college.edu
• An email you weren't expecting.
• Typos - Bad spelling, bad grammar鈥�.
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IF YOU RECEIVE A POTENTIAL SCAM

• If you aren鈥檛 sure an email is authentic, instead of replying, contact the sender using information you already have (such as their 51茶馆 email address from the 51茶馆 Directory).
• Do not reply to the email, or text/call any phone numbers included in the email.
• Do not click on any links in the message.
• In the Gmail web interface, click the three dots in the upper right corner and select, 鈥淩eport phishing鈥� or 鈥淩eport spam.鈥� This will train Google鈥檚 artificial intelligence to move these messages to your Spam folder.
• If you suspect a message is phishing forward it to phishing@bc.edu.
• If you fell for a scam, contact security@bc.edu.