MEMO FROM HR
This information was sent via email to the University of Toledo faculty and staff groups on September 23, 2020.
IT Security has received recent reports of a new phishing attempt directed toward the University of Toledo community.
The email message may start out by saying, "You have a message from the HR Department. Click here to view your message."
- Be mindful of any email requesting you to click on a link.
- Be suspicious of communications with urgent requests from executives.
- Review the sending email address closely.
- Be suspicious of telephone numbers that do not have an area code of 419.
- Hover over the link to see if it is a utoledo.edu address.
- Check with the sender by phone or in person. Or send a separate email to follow up.
- Do not reply to the request itself.
Emails are sent to individuals that request the receiver to click on a link. The email received is a spoofed email from a person in authority requesting that you click on the link to view your message.
Please report any fraudulent or phishing emails to emailabuse@utoledo.edu. You can also visit www.utoledo.edu/it/security for the latest email scams.