Companies you do business with should never ask for your account information, credit card numbers or password in an email. If you have any questions about an email you receive that supposedly came from your financial institution or service provider, find their number on their website and call them.
If you ever do receive a scam or phishing email, please be sure to forward it to security@u.northwestern.edu
As part of the University’s continued commitment to providing a secure computing environment to the University community, Northwestern IT provides a list of reported scam email attempts recently targeting Northwestern HERE.
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Source: SANS Security Awareness Tip of the Day