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Beware phishing emails and calls

Phishing is:

Any website, online service, phone call or text message that poses as a company or brand you recognise. Any contact like this is designed to convince you to hand over valuable personal details or your money, or download something that infects your computer.

A common phishing strategy that targets Sussex students and staff is claiming that an email comes from IT Services, Student Accounts or another department at the Â鶹´«Ã½. Take great care with any email that claims your email account is due to expire, or that your user account has been deleted, or that a payment is due on your account, especially if the email contains a link to rectify the problem.

Can you tell the difference between a genuine email and a fake one? Do you know how to spot a link to a phishing website that'll capture your login details? Do you know how to respond to a phone call that might be malicious?

An ITS guide to spotting a phishing email

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