Information Security

Beware of Phishing Scams

1. DO NOT click on any links or download any attachments in suspicious emails.
2. DO NOT reply to the email or provide your contact information, verify the sender/call the send if necessary.
3. DO NOT deposit any money to bank instructed by the fraudsters.
4. DO NOT purchase iTunes or any other Gifts Cards for the fraudsters and share the codes at the back of the card.
5. If the suspicious message appears to come from a person you know, contact that person via some other means such as text message or phone call to confirm it.
6. Delete the suspicious messages.

Protecting against Phishing Attacks

Phishing Scams Poster

Report to appropriate message – Email: csc@hksyu.edu

1. Thinking twice before clicking
2. Change your password regularly
3. Checking Online Accounts Regularly
4. Email addresses and domain names that don’t match.
5. The message is sent from a public email domain. No legitimate organization will send emails from an address that end “@gmail.com”