Every so often Canisius faculty, staff, or students get emails that look like they’re from somebody familiar: a coworker or fellow student. But they may in fact be efforts by scammers to collect sensitive data or install malware on our devices. Here’s a short video with tips for avoiding email scams:
If you have any questions, or are even a little suspicious about an email you received from someone here at Canisius, give them or their office a call before clicking links within the email.
Or email them separately (not a reply) at their known canisius.edu email address.
And if you believe an email might be a scam message, send it along to helpdesk@canisius.edu, so ITS may investigate it. The extra time is well worth it, to ensure you or others don’t fall victim to a scam!
For more great advice on avoiding scams, phishing, and malware on the internet, check out this Dome post by the Director of User Services, ITS.