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Slam the Scam.

Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails and other messages pretending to be from familiar companies—they may even include official-looking logos or even employee credentials. These emails often mention a problem or some sort of prize in an attempt to acquire your sensitive data and personal information, like usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers. These emails can be very convincing and will pressure you to act immediately, so we want to give you some tools to help keep your personal information safe.

It is important to follow best practice guidelines when communicating through email—here are some quick tips:

  • Verify the sender’s email address is from a trusted source. Scammers often disguise their email address by changing just one letter or character from the legitimate source.

  • Attachments should only be opened if they are expected and verified as coming from a trusted source.

  • Links in an email should be treated with suspicion. The text in the email may hide where the actual link leads.

  • Do not share personal information over text, phone, or email unless you’ve initiated the conversation, and even then, use caution.

  • Never respond to an email without verifying the recipient’s email address is from a trusted source.

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