Don't Be a Victim of Phishing
Phishing messages are attempts at luring you to click links in messages and provide account credentials or personal information that could be used to compromise your account. Because your WilmU email address and password are also your login to your account for many things, a compromised email account makes you especially vulnerable.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ staff and faculty will never ask for your password or Social Security Number (SSN) via email or text message.
These phishing attacks include subjects like:
- job offers
- account suspensions
- requesting personal or financial information
- file attachments or file sharing links you are not be expecting, especially from a person or organization you don't know
If you're unsure about the safety or authenticity of a message:
- Do not click links or open attachments.
- Do not reply to the message or use contact information provided in it.
- Confirm the request through a trusted University website, directory listing, or a known phone number.
- If you suspect a message is a phishing attempt, please report the message as phishing.
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If you realize you have responded to or clicked on links in suspicious emails, please contact the Help Desk immediately.
Note: If you have set your WilmU email account to automatically forward messages to a different email address (not recommended), that would also include any phishing attempts. Please use be cautious when using any of your email accounts.