{"id":412,"date":"2021-07-27T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/?p=412"},"modified":"2021-09-27T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:23:20","slug":"students-be-aware-of-recent-phishing-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/students-be-aware-of-recent-phishing-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Students: Be Aware of Recent Phishing Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have seen an uptick in phishing scams offering fake jobs such as research assistants and personal assistants. Scammers may impersonate Wake Forest professors or other employees. Be vigilant to check for common red flags. Scammers often use the name of a Wake Forest employee, but have a mismatched or generic Gmail address, instead of a legitimate WFU address. They also often require personal information before giving out information for the supposed job. <strong>Do not respond and do not give your personal information.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample phishing texts: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"458\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-2.png 458w, https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-2-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-2-150x37.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"651\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-1-1.png 651w, https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-1-1-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/sample-phishing-text-1-1-150x35.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forward suspicious emails to <a href=\"mailto:infosec@wfu.edu\">infosec@wfu.edu<\/a><\/strong>, and the InfoSec team will investigate the email and can help you decide if it is indeed a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/security-essentials\/\">Security Essentials<\/a> to learn more about keeping yourself safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen an uptick in phishing scams offering fake jobs such as research assistants and personal assistants. Scammers may impersonate Wake Forest professors or other employees. Be vigilant to check for common red flags. Scammers often use the name of a Wake Forest employee, but have a mismatched or generic Gmail address, instead of&hellip;&NewLine;<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/students-be-aware-of-recent-phishing-scams\/\" title=\"Read more on Students: Be Aware of Recent Phishing Scams\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1306,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}