IS&T Official Notice 20200907-256

This email was sent to: Active Students, Employees, Retired Employees

Please be advised that a new phishing email is circulating with the subject ATTENTION, this is a fake message. Please do not click any links or respond to the email. Never send passwords over email and do not reply to messages soliciting personal information. If you have any questions, please contact the Help Desk at 610-436-3350.


Helpful Hints

Do not provide your login credentials or any personal information. Remember, IS&T will never ask you for your password.

Think before you act. Be wary of communications that implore you to act immediately, offers something that sounds too good to be true or warns of negative consequences if you do not act now.

Look closely at embedded links. Phishing emails often include links that may look legitimate but actually send you to malicious web sites that look and feel like the authentic ones. The web page address (URL) may use a variation in spelling. Or the URL shown may appear to be legitimate. but when you hover over the link with your mouse to see where it will lead, a fake address may be displayed.

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This notice is an official communication of West Chester University Information Services & Technology, and can be independently verified by visiting the URL above.

A matching message should appear at the wcupa.edu URL above. Messages not verifiable in this way may be forged.

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