Student phishing, "internship" opportunities, etc.

["Banks, Teresa E - (tbanks)" <tbanks () EMAIL ARIZONA EDU>]

Hi everyone,

 

Our students have been getting pummeled with emails offering them
"internship opportunities" or "jobs" that appear to be sent from a faculty
member, but turn out to be fraudulent (see sample at
https://security.arizona.edu/phishing-alert/72618-internship-opportunity).

 

Are other universities experiencing this?  If so, what is the approach
(beyond posting the phish as an alert) to help students understand that they
are targets for fraud?  

 

We want to take a strategic approach to helping our students, and thought we
would see if the community had any good advice.

 

Thanks in advance,

Teresa E. Banks

Manager, Information Security

Information Security Office

The University of Arizona

Office:  520.621.8476

Cell:  520.909.6057

Email:   <mailto:tbanks () email arizona edu> tbanks () email arizona edu

security.arizona.edu

 



 

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